Chapter 82: Mancini

"Geez, I need to sit down." I did, but I didn't, so I watched for a little while longer until the two of them headed in the direction of the stables. It was almost half an hour later when I intercepted Catalina on her way to the lab. "Hey, kiddo, how's it going?"

"Uncle Hank." She ran over and wrapped her arms around my thighs.

"Hi uncle Hank, did the plane leave yet?"

"He's almost ready, I wanted to talk to you about that, but there's something else I wanted to talk to you about first. Catalina, those words you gave the senator, where did you hear that song?"

"Grandpa always listens to that stuff when he's doing one of his experiments.

"What experiments?"

"With the grow."

"You…"

"Don't worry, uncle Hank; I've never seen grandpa smoking before; he always goes into the other room."

"If you haven't seen him, how do you know that that's what he's doing?" She gave me a look that made me feel stupid. "Sorry I asked." I waited a couple beats before carrying on.

"Catalina