Weird." Okay," Allison said, "I want to try something else. Shannon leaving helped you to see us better, this time we're both going to go. First we're...just going to move farther way, out on to the beach, then we'll walk back in, I want to see if that makes more of a difference for you. Then we'll leave again, except this time we'll go somewhere else so you are totally alone with Jimmy and see if that makes more of a difference." She got up and kissed me, then took Shannon's hand and the two of. “Hang in there, lover. I think you know what comes next.” Wayne stood and moved to the opening between the stones from which he initially entered the circle. Rebecca stood beside him and Judith picked up the ritual sword. For the first time, Wayne looked at it and smiled. It was the sword he had crafted for her and given her at Christmas. He was ready for this.Judith raised the sword and pressed it against Wayne’s chest. He knew how sharp this sword was; he’d whetted the edges himself. Judith. I'm now approaching 40. I've been in something of a funk, because I'm alone again.It's been 19 years since I've gone out on a date, just the thought of asking someone out on a date again actually makes me sick to the stomach. I like to look at pretty girls - don't all men of all ages - but nowadays, I feel inadequate to even start a conversation with a total stranger, other than 'good morning' or something like that!There are four of us who were born to Matthew and Sylvia Manchester; Michael's. After five months of planning and a grueling training schedule, it was coming down to the wire. Just five days were all we were going to have to prove we were capable of handling the job. If our part of the enrollment period went smoothly then the rest should be a piece of cake.There were still plenty of problems to deal with but compared to the enrollment period, they were ant hills.When the North six comes back next week they were done as far as full time work and we will miss them. Even as.