The florescent lamps overhead flicker with a harsh white light, banishing shadows to the corners. He opens the door and stood in the doorway, leaning ...gainst the doorframe. ‘Hey Tanya,’ he says by way of greeting. His brown hair was a little disheveled, more so than usual. Dressed in a loose-fitting grey shirt and plaid pajama bottoms, I wondered if I had woken him. ‘What are you doing here? It’s past midnight.’ He looked much older than his 25 years. He didn’t seem surprised to see me at his. "I need a tardy slip," I told Miranda, with Stephy still hugging my side. "I'm not sure if it's going to be excused or un-excused since I hadn't known I had school today." I already have it here," Mrs. Hatcher said, from her desk. I came around, disentangled Stephy, and took the slip. "Mr. Reed would like to see you," she added.I nodded. "Ladies," I said, tipping an imaginary hat and walked back to the principal's office. Then I hesitated. "Is he in here?" The other one," Mrs. Hatcher said. Just talked to Nymphet, lost cause. Sorry." she slipped the phone into her pocket, then closed and locked up the unit. She was hungry, so she went over to one of the many small restaurants. As she began to eat, her phone buzzed. "Thank you for trying. I have a feeling. I will not see my sister again. Alive," Andrew sent a text back. Jordan read it over and over. Deep down she felt the same. "She was a smart and beautiful person once. Just remember her that way. If you ever need anything. You. This was when he discovered that Caleb was invested in the ring referee's body.Fortunately, not knowing before where the inevitable attack would come from, Danny had erected an energy shield of his own around his brain and upper spine, trying to prepare himself, as best he could, from just such an attack. The shield held, but only for long enough to have Danny recognize that the source of all that attack energy was the bout's referee.The Russian was no longer a problem, having lost.