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stop coming after me.”
                  JoAnne smiled and replied, “I may have to tie him down and rape him!”
                  Ann said, “He likes margaritas, get him drunk and then lay him.”
                  Ann asked, “What is going on with this new secret lover of yours? You usually tell me everything about your men down to the last detail. Will you still go after John? Inquiring minds want to know!”
                  JoAnne grinned and said, “I still want John, but I need some loving until John comes around. I am dying to tell you all about him, but he swore me to secrecy. I can tell you that he works for the government and is good in bed.”
                  Ann replied, “I thought Buddy was the best at sex. We are heading towards the gutter quickly.”
                  “Buddy was the best, but my new guy has raised the bar. Of course Buddy still gives it all he has”
                  “Joanne, you are still screwing Buddy?” Ann asked. “Yes, as long as he pays the bills, he expects me to deliver,” said JoAnne.
                  Ann asked, “But isn’t John paying the bills now, even though he doesn’t know it?”
                  "Yes, but Buddy hints at telling John if I don’t deliver. Thank God he is in Florida most of the time,” replied JoAnne.
                  They carried on the banter for over an hour then JoAnne excused herself and went to the hotel to meet Robert.

 
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    Chapter 1
     
    25th ISA Independence Day
    Nashville, TN ISA
    Dec 20, 2048
     
     
                  Fireworks had been going off for several days in the country’s capital and for that matter throughout the whole country. The people of the Independent States of America took their freedom very seriously and celebrated vigorously with each state conducting ceremonies tailored to their contribution to the overall victory over the USA and Mexican Drug Lords. Josh Logan was driving from Nashville on Hwy 24 East about 20 miles to Smyrna, Tennessee to interview the daughter of one of ISA’s founding fathers. He really wanted to interview John, her father, but John had not talked to any news reporter since ’43 when a “Northern” reporter printed an article that twisted the truth and made John out to be a mad man.
                  Josh was a rather good-looking 30-year-old, 6’1” with black hair. He had the looks and personality to be a star in the news business. He worked for the Conservative News Group and was based out of Indianapolis. He and his company had promised on live TV that they would only broadcast Jenn Harris’ words without any analysis. CNG was the only News Organization based in both countries and they had broadcast just the facts throughout the entire war and ongoing Cold War between the two countries. They said that they would let the viewer form their own opinions.
                  He had taken a train in from the border crossing at Fort Louisville yesterday. He spent the day in the ISA’s capitol doing a little sightseeing and trying to interview the nation’s leaders. He caught a few congressmen, but no one noteworthy.
                  He was travelling on a News Reporter’s seven-day visa and knew that he was being followed. The Big War had been over for six years between the USA and the ISA there were still major differences and a Small War had been fought just two years ago. The ISA was prosperous while the USA wallowed in debt and had large ghettoes. The ISA was based on “You work, You Eat,” while the USA had extremely high taxes and over 60% of the population either worked for the Government or was on welfare. In the ISA, military service was mandatory and anyone who did not fight for their country was not allowed to vote. The USA was a socialist country with a strong central government while the ISA