There are some things I just can’t understand. Explain Auschwitz to me some day. That will be your answer.”She nodded and left.At 7:00 PM I was re...viewing the latest edit on the speech when I got a call I had to take. It was from George H.W. Bush, Bush 41, George’s father. “Good evening, Mister President,” I said when we were connected.“Good evening, Mister President,” he responded, although it sounded like his voice was cracking at that.“I am only the Acting President, sir. Search and rescue. I followed the narrow, dark hall to a very bright kitchen. Plants lined the window sills; I saw the coriander in bloom. In the backyard, dozens of flowering plants grew in an eclectic arrangement of pots. It was the time of year for tiger lilies. I sat the bakery box down on the table while he poured the coffee. "I'm Owen Gallagher," he said. His voice was musical. "I know," I replied. He gave me a look that was almost fearful. "I recognized your paintings in the hallway." I was familiar with. She moved along smartly until she saw two groups of video monitors with the words ‘Departures’ and ‘Arrivals’ printed above their respective passageways. She identified her flight and moved quickly to her departure gate where she sat staring across the concourse walkway into the adjacent gate. A man, a woman and a small child, no older than four, were huddled together with some sort of turmoil swirling around them. Megan tried to focus on other people but the obviously tearful goodbye kept. Walking down there to look for work had become a daily occurrence for him, but there was usually little available for someone with as few qualifications as he had! He had left school with only two of the most basic of qualifications and had not had any luck with securing a permanent job, picking up just the most menial of temporary work.He blamed his parents for his lack of prospects. He felt quite bitter about them and, as he grew older, he knew that they had slowly eroded his confidence by.