.. ‘I am at the subsidiary closing it down for now. I have a C-5 on its way here to pick up the 2 partially built planes. The wings fold so they wil...l fit right inside the plane. They don’t have power, but all the lines are run. Two people that are here work for XTI Aero, so they were aware of this.’‘Tom told me to tell you that Boeing forfeited on the note! Also, that the guy that Bob got is on his way there to take over. This plant basically is making the 5 passenger plane bodies so for right. Everybody else started chuckling as well. The intense tension was broken.Bob knelt next to me. He gave me a gentle little kiss on the temple and put his lips next to my ear."See, Dee. I love you, too," he whispered. "And I'd like nothing better than to hold you in my arms and to make that dream you had come true."The image of that dream crashed back into my mind. The waterworks switched location. Suddenly, I had the sensation of sitting on a damp little cushion.So, we did it. Just like Carolyn. The envelope was somewhat strange in that it appeared to have been pressed from some thin animal hide rather than convention linen paper. The writing was in formal block letters no longer popular in educational circles because of the pressures of modern society. The one sentence that she repeatedly referred back to in her repetitive reading of the written words caused her noticeable concern and made her press her face closer to the page to make sure she had understood it correctly.“The esteemed. " Phobia?" You know very well what I mean," she was starting to get a little annoyed."No, dear, I really don't. How can anyone, under secure circumstances, among people that love her, tend for her, care for her, buy clothes and stuff for her, develop a phobia?" Stop it! Will you ask her?" No." No?" She couldn't believe what she heard, and Charlotte suddenly sobbed."No, I can't. I must do it in front of the others! With the others. Don't you see? I can't just expect them to... I just can't do.
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