25Two Days Later - Belle Mere, PennsylvaniaAt first, Simon had no idea that the very first lecture of his tour was going to turn into a train wreck. As he stood onstage in front of seven-hundred-some students at Belle Mere College, he had no clue he was racing toward a pivotal moment.
He didn't realize he was heading for the moment when everything would start to go wrong for him.
Oblivious to the impending crash, Simon paced the stage and savored his latest leap into the spotlight. He felt like a star as he gazed out at the sea of responsive young faces, all in their late teens or early twenties. It was like a rock concert after all, at least a little...at least to him. Lecturing, even at a small rural school like Belle Mere, barely an hour away from Melville, was a thrill.
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