Constance seemed to have no agenda other than staying near and trying to anticipate my needs. "As much as I love you for looking after me, I feel like...I'm taking advantage of you," I said, seriously.She just smiled and kept right on anticipating my every need.Late in the afternoon I heard a helicopter and walked out front to greet the Judge. His protection detail was markedly larger and far better armed that I was used to; something I made a note to ask about. His face looked tired, and his. We tied the horses up at the top of the slope, then snuck down and hid behind a boulder so we could see them." How much room is there at the top of the hill?" I asked him."Oh, as much as you want. It's all pretty flat, then it slopes down to the valley. It's nothing like this place. It's maybe a hundred yards across, then it goes back up. There's trees and stuff up top but there's lots of room if you're wondering about where to put our horses if a bunch of us ride over there." Good man, Hector,. "Julio nodded. "What about Walter?"Jason snorted. "We'll ask when he comes out. Most likely he'll want to head to the mall so he can start scoping out babes. Especially if he gets a score that will allow him to volunteer."The lieutenant nodded and held a hand over her left ear. "The AI has informed me that your friend has completed his test. He'll receive his card in about a minute."I pulled out my cell phone and dialed my mother's number. She answered on the first ring. "Mom," I said when she. I was struggling with that when I met Meg at a friend’s place when I was back at a professional conference. I had stopped by a barbecue that was already underway, and Meg arrived even later. Our hostess had expected her to be late, because she was coming from another band event that she was judging. We had paired up that evening out of mutual necessity. Somehow, everyone else had already organized into couples, groups, cliques, or whatever by the time that we got there. We both kept trying to.