Chapter Twenty-Four Into the Future Alex here telling this part of the story and glad to do it. Peter took off for the Permian Basin and West Texas Sunday night leaving Melanie with me and Stephanie for one night. On Monday morning, Stephane left for a trip to Denver, Portland, Anchorage, Billings, Chicago, and various destinations along the northern tier. She would make a dip down to Saint Louis then back to Providence and who knew where after that? Demand would dictate the other destinations. That left me with Melanie one night before she headed for Miami and Rio de Janeiro where she had a day for layover. Then back to Mexico City and home. Her schedule brought her back on Saturday morning. She was in love with Peter but wanted to complete her transformation to her new self, the chan

