”“I’ll settle for four hundred meters for now,” I laughed.As I practiced, I couldn’t believe how long it took me to measure the correct amou...t of powder and then load the rifle. “No wonder the first Jim had people make paper cartridges and pre-measure the powder,” I thought.It took me about two hours before I felt confident enough to quit for the day, which was only about forty shots.Sunday April 3After meeting at 0900, all thirty of us hunters hopped onto our grav sleds, although only our. He knew it was useless to hope for anything with Sophie, but that didn’t seem to make a difference. No matter how much he tried to rationalize away his feelings – you didn’t fall for your best friend’s little sister, you didn’t fall for a friend, no girl as beautiful as Sophie would ever fall for someone who was blind – he failed. His thoughts were broken by the sound of Tom, his oldest friend and Sophie’s brother, coming down the stairs. ‘Hey man, sorry to keep you waiting. Had to shower,. ” Sarah said. If looks could kill, I would be pushing up daisies.“Sarah, listen…” Sarah began to explain the course of the couple of weeks. When she finished, the living room fell silentSarah spoke first.”Heather, do you realize what you’ve done? What you’re asking of us? You’re asking us to cover for you.”“I know” “Arthur, you’re not blameless here either. You could have stopped this and nipped it in the bud. Sarah I understand you were trying to help your dad, but this? You never bothered to. "Have you eaten something that has upset you?" I shook my head."I don't think so. Well ... I had a Kebab at lunchtime." She looked at me in astonishment."A Kebab? Oh Chad you of all people should know that re-heated meat is certain to make you ill. What made you do that?"Chad. Now there's another name. My given name is Charles, a name rarely used when I was younger. Lily didn't like the name, she said it reminded her of upper-class, toffee-nosed twits. The Yanks would of course change Charles.