Chapter 3

This is the first time I have spoken with the Governor since the funeral of Sally Jo and Bobby Turner. Let me tell you about that dog and pony show. It was more of a political rally than a funeral!

Sally Jo had accompanied her husband, the junior senator, to Israel on one of those ‘government junkets’. Nothing more than a paid (at tax-payer expense) vacation. Of course she took her body guard Bobby Turner. The only reason Sally Jo went was to visit an old friend of hers from college. This Israeli girl lived on one of those community farms called ‘kibitzes’ near the border with Gaza. Wrong place and wrong time for a visit. All three were killed the morning of the seventh of October when the terrorists crossed the border and attacked Israel.

According to the eulogy that the Senator gave at the double funeral, that was held in the high school gym, which was packed and attended by every news channel imaginable, they died fighting! He praised Bobby as a modern day Rambo who had defended Sally Jo until he was finally over run by those ‘demons’. All three of them died a hero’s death that the Senator promised would be avenged. The Governor used his eulogy to tell how proud of his daughter he was and that her husband was so lucky to have had such a devoted and faithful partner. He also promised his help in getting aid to Israel.