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Jason adds, “One thing I can add we’ve learned, since we've arrived in the USA, is respect. Yes, respect. Families here don’t fear their government or police forces, they respect each other. We walked the streets, we went shopping, we saw police, we assumed there had to be something like our DepLIES watching everyone, we soon learned we were wrong. I can say it feels nice not to have to always be watched and listened to. We like being able to walk around outside and not worry someone is the neighborhood spy. We like being able to use the internet without censorship.”

Wolf jumps in, “Jason, what about if Scott or Sissy visited one of the USA plentiful porn sites?”

“I don’t worry about it, after all, back home they share gyms, locker rooms and restrooms with each other. It’s not like they haven’t seen the other sex naked. Sharon and I talked about it, we think the less of an issue we make it, the less they’ll go to those sites. We have spoken to them about it, they understand those sites aren’t real life.”

Scott says, “I got to go to the range with Leon, he and his dad taught me how to shoot a rifle, it was a lot of fun. I can’t wait till we go again, and I got a ride in a car with 500 horsepower. It was the most fun afternoon I’ve ever had.”

Wolf is so shocked, he almost screams, “Scott, you held a gun? A real firearm? You fired it? I hope when you return home you’ll be reporting to one of the doctors who will check you out, both mentally and physically to make sure you weren’t harmed, we’d hate to find out you were mentally affected by this violent incident.”

“Wolf, it was fun, you should try it sometime. I got a couple of bull’s-eyes.”

“Scott, please don’t talk about using weapons for the rest of the program, we don’t want to scare your friends back home. We wouldn’t want them to think you’re mentally unstable and not hang out with you.”

“Mr. Wolf, it’s not like that, everyone here goes shooting, Leon even invited me to go hunting with him.”

“Scott, I have to ask you to stop speaking about this subject, I’m afraid you’re causing some mental anguish to the peace loving people back home.”

“Mr. Wolf, I don’t think we’re going home. We all like it here. It’s like a breath of fresh and new air.”

Sean says, ‘I think it’s time to take another question, this one is from Eileen in Oakland, California, Eileen asks if the Smith’s feel any discrimination in the USA.”

Jason replies, “Eileen, we worried about the same thing, we can honestly tell you, NO, we’ve been welcomed with open arms everywhere we go.”

Sean continues, “We have a question from Joe in New York City, “How are African-Americans treated? Are they discriminated against? Are they treated as second-class citizens?”

Sharon says, “Joe, not that we’ve seen. We got a tour of a couple large cities, many central cities have been rebuilt and there are many companies that have offices in the cities. We didn’t notice discrimination, then again, we’re not African-American, you might see something we didn’t. You might feel or sense things due to your upbringing we couldn’t see. We did notice some areas still have scars from the riots. Some are burnt. We didn’t feel any discrimination because we’re from the LSA. We were welcomed everywhere we went.”

Wolf says, “There’s the LSA education and equality speaking.”

Sharon continues, “Joe, I can tell you on the Jones’ street are four African-American families, we had a street BBQ with everyone, no one treated these families any different from anyone else.”

Wolf says, “They may have been coached.”

Sharon asks, “By whom? They don’t have a DepLIES.”

“I’m sure they have something similar, maybe you just haven’t seen it yet.”

The show went on for three hours with more than seventy questions answered on the air and over one thousand responded to online. At the end of the three hours, both families are exhausted and tired. Wolf looks over to the Smiths saying, “I wish you would have been more supportive of our cause.”

Jason says, “Wolf, we were the biggest supporters of the LSA. The original show started to open our eyes to the reality. The straw that broke our back, and I think many others, was your new ‘Shared Responsibility Tax.’ Why do we have to share the responsibility of bad government decisions when we had no say in how you spent our tax money? Where do you get the authority to steal our hard earned money? Where do you come off stealing, which is what it is, stealing our children’s savings accounts? How can we teach fiscal responsibility when you show them it’s OK to steal when you need something? President Booker threw morality out of the window. We’re not going back. Tomorrow night I’m going to do everything I can to convince people to vote for unification.”

“Jason, you’ll be dooming the LSA.”

“I’ll be saving the people from the evil of President Booker! Between him saying minorities are held to a lower standard and the stealing of our assets, my family has had enough of your phony equality. We’re not equal. There are three classes in the LSA, the political class which are on the top of the pyramid, the middle section is the various minorities and the illegals who get better benefits than we, the tax paying families of your progressive paradise. We’re the bottom rung. We pay for the two-thirds who take, while we work our asses off to give. We’ve seen here that the harder you work, the further you can go. I’ve talked with Bob about an idea I have; he’s talked to Carol, who’s going to introduce me to the CEO/Entrepreneur of the company she works for. She thinks he may help fund my idea. In the LSA, this couldn’t happen. I couldn’t pass the government technology panel because my skin is white; you give extra points for those you claim have been held back. That isn’t fair or equal treatment.”

“You know you’re going to lose everything that was in your home, plus all of your savings. If the sale of your assets and your savings don’t cover the income tax you, would owe for the next five years, you will be billed for the difference.”

“Good luck trying to collect it. I’ll use this tomorrow on air, I’m sure a lot of people will find it interesting that we have to pay to leave the LSA.”

“Now wait a minute, maybe I can do something to help you, let me ask the Department of Revenue to run an analysis. Then we can talk again.”

“You ask anyone you want. It doesn’t mean anything to me. We knew we might not ever see anything in our house again. It’s OK with us. We’ve been given a small grant to help us restart our lives. Sharon has been invited to interview for a position at a major healthcare insurance company for a position that would pay her much more than we both earned in the LSA. We’re going to be OK restarting over again. Our kids are happy and learning the differences, they are happy here.”

“Jason, I take it, you’ve made up your mind not to return. Is there anything we can do to get you back?”

“No, and I really mean it. We’re not going back unless that part of the LSA unites with the USA. Then, and only then, we might go home again if our home and belongings are still there. I think you’ve already stripped our home.”

“I have no information that anyone has been in your home. I’m glad to hear you admit you left without an exit permit. The DepRev and the DepLIES will be in touch with you.”

“Bullshit.”

Chapter 36

President Booker tells Dianne, “We have to do something about the Smiths, they are killing our favorable ratings. Since they were our family on the original program, when they turned against us people are listening to them. In one three-hour broadcast, they’ve really hurt us. The polling before tonight’s program showed we were winning, the polling right after the program shows we are losing. Public support for our country is dropping like a lead balloon. If the current curve continues unabated, we’re going to lose the election.”

“Mr. President, we could make them disappear.”

“Dianne, it would have to be done today. If they make the broadcast tonight they may seal our doom. How are you going to accomplish this in a few hours and 3000 miles away?”

“We have agents all over the USA, we have a couple in North Carolina; we placed them there in case we needed to deal with the Jones family in the first show.”

President Booker pauses, he gets up and paces his office, “Dianne, this can never be traced back to us. If the dots were connected and they led to us, we would not only lose the election, we would be arrested for murder. Tell me your plan.”

“Sir, I’m not sure you want to know all of the details. It’s safer for you if you don’t know the how and when. When the reporters ask you about what happened, you’ll look and actually be surprised, the press will see your surprise and be assured you didn’t have anything to do with it.”

“I know you’re right, it’s just I hate not knowing, but go ahead Dianne, make sure it looks like an accident.”

“Trust me.”

“Do I have a choice?”

Dianne leaves President Booker’s office while he thinks
if she succeeds I can hang her out to dry. After all, I don’t have any details. There’s nothing in writing, no phone or recording device is allowed in my office, except for my recording devices. If she succeeds, it will go to her head. I’ll hold a press conference where I’ll inform the press my own investigation discovered she was behind the murder of the Smiths, such a shame, I’ll have her executed to prove the LSA didn’t have anything to do with the attack. Who am I going to replace her with?

Dianne entered her office thinking to herself,
I don’t trust the SOB, as soon as the deed is done and the press starts asking what happened, he’s going to toss me under the bus. It’s a good thing I have a micro recording device in my pen. I’ll have my tech staff edit the conversation so it sounds like it was all his idea. When he throws me under the bus, I’ll play the recording, I’ll end up as President.

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In North Carolina, Jason is worried, he whispers to his wife, “Why don’t you take a little walk with me outside.”

“OK, is something wrong?”

“I want to talk to you, but not in the hotel room, I’m not sure there aren’t recording devices in the room and I don’t want the kids to hear us.”

“Let me get my coat.”

Jason knocks on the door to Scott’s room, “Scott, mom and I are going to take a little walk, do us a favor and keep an ear open for Sissy.”

“Sure dad.”

Jason and Carol walk out of the hotel, they walk on the path around to the back of the hotel where the pool is located. “Honey, what’s bothering you?”

“I’m worried Booker is going to try to shut us up.”

“Do you think he can reach us here?”

“The DepLIES can reach anyone anywhere. It won't surprise me if they have agents staying in the hotel keeping an eye on us.”

“What about the kids?”

“I expect the DepLIES will take them out with us, he won’t let them live to talk.”

“He would hurt our children?”

“He doesn’t have a heart, he will hurt anyone who gets in his way. We’re currently in his way. Wolf tipped his hand at the studio tonight. He almost begged us to lay off the LSA a little, he begged us to go along just to be safe. Did you notice he wouldn’t look us in the eyes when we wrapped the show? He looked sad; he turned his head away from us when we were leaving the soundstage. I think he knows Booker is going to create an accident for us.”

“What can we do? Should we call Bob and Carol?”

“I was thinking about that, I’m afraid they may think we’re making it up, they don’t have experience living in fear of the DepLIES like we do. They don’t understand the DepLIES can reach anyone anywhere.  I don’t want them or Sean to think we’re making up an excuse to try to enhance our message.”

“What should we do? We can’t lock ourselves in our rooms. Is there someone we can call or trust to help us?”

“I really don’t know. What do you think about talking to Bob and Carol?”

“If you really believe we and the kids are in danger, do we have a choice?”

“Not any I can think of.”

“When should we call?”

“I thought I’d use the cell they gave us, the hotel may be bugging our phone.”

“Honey, we’re in the USA now, they don’t bug every phone call.”

“Sharon, do you remember the NSA? Don’t you remember back in 2014 when it came out that the NSA was listening to everyone’s discussions?”

“I heard that Brownstone issued an executive order forcing them to stop it right after the split.”

“I still don’t trust them. I’m going to call Bob and ask him if we can meet them face to face. Maybe it’s nothing, but I’m used to worrying we’re always being listened to.”

Nodding in her agreement, Sharon agrees with Jason, who dials the Jones’ home.

“Hello, this is Leon.”

“Hi Leon, this is Jason, is you mom or dad there?”

“Sure, hold on while I get them for you.”

Leon hands the phone to his father, “Hi Jason, what’s up? Need to chat about the show tonight?”

“No, something else, I know it’s late and everyone is tired from the program, can I ask a really big favor? Would it be possible for us to meet?”

“Sure, do you want to come here? Or us there?”

“I think us coming to you might be better, we can be there in thirty minutes.”