We aren’t farmers and when the power and fuel are gone, we are in trouble for next winter. I think we are going to have to leave before then.”“I...understand. We have plenty of land and potential homes down here. Are you familiar with the area between Atlanta and Birmingham along I-20?”“No, but we are calling up a map on the computer.”“That will work. We are located south of I-20 and west from Atlanta. We have friends off I-20 toward Birmingham as well as other areas of Georgia, primarily south. For some reason, no one at the table noticed that my chips were light for the game. As I sat down, I checked in with the casino telepath. She had been rotated out, and another not-so-swift telepath had taken her place. This one was a thin little guy with a thin face like an axe blade. The mindless stud-muffins had been replaced with a pair of artistic, bohemian gay men who were also tampered with."Ante is $500."I tossed in and got to work. You can't bluff a telepath. I don't need a 'tell' to. " She wept for a moment, and said, "He wanted a piece of ass as a going away present! That's ALL I WAS TO THAT ASSHOLE!"She was weeping unreservedly now.I held her. I said, rather weakly, "I'd never treat you that way."She turned her face to me. "Why do you think I fell into bed with you when I did?" she rasped? "You loved me, you were a gentleman, and I needed you. I loved you. I LOVE you! Don't you get how much you mean to me?" Tears were falling openly.I kissed her without reservation. We. ” I rolled my eyes. Jade would win, she was like a fish. She could drink anyone under the table and still be able to walk in a straight line. “Would you like a seat?” Kat said, her eyes were on me again. “It looks like they might be a while.” “Uh, okay.” I went to sit next to Kat, but she had other plans. She stood up and offered me the window side of the booth. It was night time, so there weren’t many people walking on the pavement outside the window. “Thanks.” I slid in the booth, trying to.