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responded.
    “Well, come on. I’ll take you to meet my
wife and kids and get you some food.” I
suggested.
    He turned and looked at Gizmo that still had
a confused look on his face. “Only if it’s okay
with you.”
“Yeah, go grab something to eat.” Gizmo
stated.
    We walked off and headed back to the chow
hall. Kris was taking my empty plate from
Daltin and headed to the front to return it.
“Hey babe!” I called out to her.
She walked up staring at Bo. “Hey, you must
be the new guy.”
“This is Bo Dinkins.” I told her.
    She looked at him and then looked back at
me. “As in Bo Dinkins, your old friend and
vocalist of Murderfly?”
I started laughing. “That’s the one.”
    Her eyes lit up. “Oh wow, well I’m happy to
meet you. TJ and I have talked about going on
vacation to Florida and seeing one of your
shows for quite some time before the world
went to shit.”
He held out his hand and shook her hand.
“That would have been cool.”
Daltin walked over and stared upward at Bo
whom towered over him. “I know you.”
Bo took a knee and held out his hand. “Hey
little man.”
“H-hhi.” Daltin hesitantly stated while
shaking his hand.
    “That’s my son Daltin and here’s my
daughter Shianne.” I stated while pointing my
daughter out.
    “Hey Daltin, why don’t you run up to the
front and tell Milissa that we need one more set
of pancakes.” I guided my son.
“It’s nice to meet all of you.” Bo still being
polite to everyone.
    “Go find you a seat and my son will bring
you some food. I’m sure we’ll catch up more
later, but I’ve got to go help get some work
done.” I told him.
    “Sounds good, brother. Hey maybe later we
can sit down and share some lyrics together.”
He suggested.
    I turned back to him. “Oh bro, I haven’t done
any lyrics in years. I’ll read some of yours
though.”
    I walked out and made my way back to the
tower. Gizmo was standing next to the tower
with a level held up on one of the side beams
that we had cemented in the night before.
“Something wrong?” I asked as I walked up.
    He pulled the level away. “No, just checking
it. I know my ass ain’t climbing forty feet in the
air on something that ain’t perfectly straight
and solid.”
I started laughing. “Well, you want to go up
and see how sturdy it is?”
“Fuck no, you have at it.” He stated.
    I laughed more and started climbing up the
tower’s ladder that was braced against 2X6’s
that were in a “X” pattern all the way up to help
secure its stability. Almost short of breath, I
reached the top, where I found Howard and
Donald.
“How’s it going guys?” I asked.
Howard was hammering over his head and
then turned to me. “It’s going.”
    I shifted my legs side to side to check its
stability and never felt it budge. “Well, it’s
looking good. Maybe we can put up a pulley
system so we can send up food and water to
whoever is on guard instead of risking people
falling from climbing up and down. Maybe
even hoist up the most comfortable chair we
can find and do twelve hour shifts.”
    I looked out at the trench that was about
three quarters of the way complete and could
see Steven walking towards the tower holding
the last gas can. “Donald, you still good to go?”
“I’m always ready to go.” He responded.
    “Good, help Howard out for about another
thirty minutes and then meet me at the base of
the tower.” I told him.
“What about me?” Howard asked.
    “Stay here and finish up what you can
of the
tower and then come as well.” I stated before
finding my way down the ladder.
    I barely stepped off the ladder before Steven
approached me. “I know, we’re out of gas. I’m
putting together a team as we speak to make a
run.”
“Great, so where are we going?” Steven
asked.
    “You’re going back to your bed because your
hand looks even worse, but we’re going out.” I
ordered.
“But I always go out with you.” He tried