"I don't know, Andy. If he doesn't, the Pawnee might. I think we should double our guard tonight. I also think we should have some outriders during th... day. Have four men riding about half a mile to each side, and to the front and rear. I'll volunteer to be one of them," I said.I should have known I couldn't get away with riding out by myself. When I started for my position about a half of a mile to the front and to the right of the herd, Tina and Cassie were with me."I really don't need an. "You've been skating like a house a fire all year. Just think of Rich, and attack, eh?"Liz giggled. "I generally do think of attacking when I think of Rich, yes."Sophia and Warren spent the day just wandering from venue to venue. They started at the ski jumping, watched some bobsled, and then some speed skating. The next day was more of the same, starting on the mountain with some skiing.That evening, it was time for the ladies' short program.Christine Arsenault was the first of the main. His mother stepped forward. Her bosom barely moved under her full-length house dress. Jason could not stop staring at her, despite the risk of his mind playing another cruel trick by overlaying the image of her naked. He had to keep convincing himself that her Aura was really gone."I ... I wanted to talk to you about something," Audrey said in a tentative voice.Jason paused, then forced himself to go about his normal school day morning routine. He stepped over to the bed and hauled his book bag. Janet Malone and Phoebe Harris obviously enjoyed Jason’s clear embarrassment, and they all laughed uproariously at Jason’s concern about how he would solve the problem. He was so capable, yet so vulnerable.Alana went on to tell them about Jason’s masterful presentation of the mathematics which she said was so elegant and beautiful that it almost brought her to tears. She said that she had a lifetime of mathematics, and only rarely saw something expressed as magnificently as he had. She said.