As soon as she lets go it feel weird that she’s not touching me anymore; I rattle my arm, trying to shake off the chills.“Are you sure, can you lo...k?”“Yeah, sure,” I take my phone out of my pocket, open the app and I go to my profile, but before I can check she snatches the phone from my hand and looks through it herself. She looks around my profile, inspecting it.“I want you to do it for six months,” I watch her change my preferences from one to six. She puts the phone back on the table. “I. ”Jim stepped back and closed the door, leaving the stranger standing on the front steps.Jim ignored the man’s loud knocking on the door. Five minutes later he watched the lawyer and his man disappear down the narrow gravel road winding down Virginian Ridge to the valley.“Who was that, dear?” Vi wiped her hands on a kitchen towel. The aroma of hot rhubarb-apple cobbler wafted along with her when she stepped into the front room. Jim stood puzzled and half angry.“Beats me. Some lawyer, I think.. Wendy started by brainstorming with her lost kids and included Helva and Bessie. They decided that they would need at least one experienced scoutmaster/leader for each ship and many more for the Harrad colony. Well, then, what should they look for and how would they know it when they saw it? Where would they find enough candidates so that they could be selective, highly selective!One answer: covering over one hundred and forty thousand acres, Philmont Scout Ranch is located northeast of the old. I was not used to being postponed. People changed their schedules to accommodate me. This was new territory. Practically everything about Jeff was new territory.Friday and Saturday nights were prime dating and party nights at school. As much as I wanted to experience him, I had to maintain my standing in my social circle."What about Sunday night?" It's a date."As Sunday approached, I had a sense of anticipation which I tried hard to suppress. This was just another date, and not a top quality.