."He didn't go on, but even so I picked up a vague sense of ... unease? Maybe even a little stronger, like a kind of concern that he might not be full...y welcomed back when they came to get him. Or that maybe they wouldn't even want to come? It wasn't clear, but there was something there that didn't feel right.But he let it lie there and so did I. I let him back out for another bathroom trip; he was negotiating the steps all right now, and I simply left the door ajar. When he came back in I was. She knew that even though Bill was about 60 years old or so, he was in extremely good shape and physical fitness. He worked out 3 times a week, jogged regularly and loved to play handball. Nicole knew that as far as what she had in mind, Bill was up for it and then she laughed to herself as she thought about the word "up"."Hi, Granddad," Nicole said as she walked over and hugged her grandfather in a very warm, loving embrace. Bill hugged her back with just as much love and gladness to see his. I began having out-of-body experiences. I would look down from the ceiling and see myself on the respirator.”“I ... I always thought those were myths ... urban legends.”“I wouldn’t have believed it until I experienced it. Eventually I recovered. Somewhat by accident I discovered if I meditated in the right way I could induce the effect at will. With practice I found I could project myself anywhere in the world.”“That’s how you write those columns!”“Yes ... I combined my unique, new ability with. He drove out to Cade's farmhouse and slowly got out of his car. He looked at the charred ground where Cade's garage had stood. The house looked as if it might fall down if a gust of wind caught it just right. The exterior was in a sorry state of disrepair. Cade had done all he could to fix up the place, but it was still in need of a face-lift.Gary thought of the many years he had been involved in the feud between the Holmes', Pennington's, and Harrisons. He tried to hate Dusty as much as Drake.