The odds are strongly in our favor, but juries do random things, according to every lawyer I’ve ever spoken to.”“Obviously you have a strategy.�...�I nodded, “Obviously.”“Not going to give me a peek at the hole cards?”I chuckled, “That’s about as likely here as it is at the Hold ‘Em table!”“I might have a chance of beating you or Terry then!”“Might,” I grinned.“I don’t say this kind of thing very often, but you can be a real asshole!”“Thanks!” I grinned.“I take it you don’t lose very often?” Tara. Every time one of us celebrated its birthday, someone came looking for us (now I know it was an Elder). That day we were called or summoned into another place, our quarters (a piece of heaven if you want to imagine it) with the appearance of a very big office, a mahogany desk with a sofa and a loveseat both in reddish color and a wall to wall library. To reach the quarters the Elder took us there and we were taught under a very secretive ceremony our blessings and how to use them for the first. Don’t worry about the amount. Many eighteen-year-olds would have to search their parent’s couch for enough change for a cheeseburger.”“I know, It’s just all I’ve spent on Meghan and Carly this year and adding three rooms to the house. By the time we get through with decorating and furniture I’m going to be about one hundred grand in. That’s almost my entire personal savings.” Kevin laughed and said: “I’ll be living on the block.”Ben chuckled good-naturedly and said: “It won’t be that bad. You. She knocked softly without hearing a response.She waited. Knocking was so forward. But Jennifer had told her in sworn secrecy that this was an experience she would regret missing for the rest of her life. She knocked harder.Jonathan was dead asleep. He’d been up long before dawn waiting to ambush the deer as they went to the water hole. The doe hadn’t been shot as cleanly as he would have liked, and he’d had to chase her for a mile by ear. Then, after slitting her throat, he’d had to pack her.