6 FORTRESS AMERICA
We drive a few miles down the road, and we turn down the driveway with the Mark Winchester mailbox. At the end of the drive, we come to a ranch style house with a big red barn behind it. We pile out of the van, and we all accompany Mark into the house.
Mark seems to be familiar with his surroundings, and since he is the central influence of the shadow-walk we just completed, he should be at home here. “Hi honey, we’re home!” He quips. I hope that he does not expect an answer because no answer comes.
We all settle into comfortable leather chairs, with some cognac that we found in the kitchen. We turn the television on in the living room so that we can catch up on the day’s events in this shadow while smoking and drinking and generally winding down.
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