”They both laughed.“I’m not willing to – uh – cohabit on board.”“I understand. Are you willing to venture ten days in a good hotel in Sy...ney?”“Why, sir! What sort of a girl do you take me for?”“One I’d like to get to know a great deal better.”“Tentatively, ‘yes.’ But let’s see how the rest of this trip goes.” She gave him another kiss.The remaining days went well. Christmas wasn’t strange as there were no children on board. New Year’s was quite raucous and Sybil had dozens of hangovers to deal. He led the way down the stairs to the closet where I kept my pack and his harness. Thor then knew that we were indeed going to work. His excitement started to affect me and I became more anxious to get started.The van pulled up and I piled our gear into the back. Simon Walters, the base commander lived close enough that we would often ride together. With him driving the hundred or so miles to the command site, I could relax a bit and think about what we would soon be up against. However for. Sheand I went to my room to talk."I'm willing to bet that Stan couldn't roll over last night! He is inlove big time!" Couldn't roll over?" I said, then I suddenly got it and giggled."He was grinning like crazy this morning, and when I told him I wascoming over he wanted to come too but I made him stay home. I told himthat absence makes the heart grow fonder and he bought it! He'll calllater for sure!"We talked about school, boys, clothes and other friends, then she hadto go home. I was just. One day, Adam was out hunting, and heard a blood-curdling scream that could only have come from Eve. There was another scream and he determined the direction it was coming from and ran that way. He suddenly felt protective of Eve. He ran into meadow near where he knew the bear had its den. He knew to stay away from it. The bear and its cubs were about twenty yards away from Eve. They had her cornered against a rock out cropping at the edge if the meadow. She was about to be bear food.The bear.