Jim Dancy continues to goad. “What about today, Isaac? We have to feed our kids and pay our bills today, or there ain"t gonna be any future.”
“There may not be any today either.” Bob Knoff, the city editor of the Port Avalon Tribune rushes up the aisle, waving some papers in the air. “Just pulled these off the wire. More Western civilians have been kidn*pped and held hostage. The President is calling a special session of Congress and there"s talk of sending troops in.”
A white hot flash of anxiety spreads through David"s body as Miss McCormick signs rapidly and urgently. He and his father had discussed many times the ramifications of a renewed conflict in the Middle East.
“Just because of the oil? We don"t need it, Dad. I mean, there are far more efficient forms of fuel we could develop
