Book2:KigdomIteDreams

ddrunk.Thethreeofthemferredinlowvoicesapaniedbymutedtonesjazzmusitheportableradio.TheyallstarediancewherethetshapeofthemajesticWorldBankbuildingcouldstillbedisedinthenight.Dimitri’spositioninglobalfinancewassolid,unmovableandirrepceablebutOliverKaffeeuseddespicable,underhaousurpit.Dimitrisatbythefire,drinkingbeerleisurelyandcarefreeasifhewasn’tatallbotheredbytherethappenings.Hisheartwasfullofhappinessandexuberahereunionwithhisoldfriends.Richardspewedoutastreamofliquorfromhismouthontothefire.Fmesimmediatelysprangupandtheredcharcoalfireburnedmerrily.Heskillfullyturheribsandchopsontherack.Acctohim,naturalcharcoutauniqueBBQfvor,andindeedsoontheairwasfilledwithmouth-wateringaromaofjuicymeat.Jamazstoodtherewithabottleofliquorinhishand,fromwhichhetookaswingeverynowandthen.Hiseyessweptcautiouslyaroundthedesertedrosegarden.Lifeontherunhadinstilledinhimtheneedfindalertherewashersoundnormovement.Inthedeepofthenight,itwasnotlikelythattheirsecretmeetingwouldbeobserved.Jamaz’stensebodyrexedadownonthegroundwithhisfrieing,drinkingandtalkingaroundthefire.TheirversationnaturallyteredonpehatmidnightontheairstripndingattherooftopofWorldBank.

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    Thatnight,whenDimitriandhistwofriendsweremiraculouslysavedontherooftopofWorldBank,theyhastilytookoff,leavingbehindonlyasolitarystonesculpturestandihesculpturewastheexactreplir.Kaffee.Inhishandswasa44Magnum,tellingtheworldhewasaboutto,orhadalreadyittedacrime.Dayandnightitstoodthere,exposedtotheerosionoftheelements,theblisterihebitingwinds,andthess