“Go!” I hiss to my tormentor.Alec disappears with his broom.I turn, to face Wendy’s wrath, but she’s smiling at me, which is really disconcert...ng.Wendy’s truly lovely, with her delicate elfin features. I ... really like her ... a lot. I suppose I always have since seeing her all the time in school; but never made my feelings known to her, of course. She’s from the posher side of our little town up the rise, while I live in the old Mineworkers’ tenements down below. Wendy’s father is the. I filled her in on things to see in San Diego and how to find her way around one of my favorite cities in the world. I stopped the car in front of the airlines entrance and moved around the back of the Blazer to retrieve her luggage, giving it to the skycap waiting there. After a quick kiss goodbye I watched as she moved off into the terminal and I headed back towards home, moving with the flow of traffic and listening to my favorite sports radio station.An hour into the trip I felt a sudden. When we got back to the ranch I at least got out of attending Jenkins burial, begging off so I could get back to Lancaster.There wasn't a livery stable in Lancaster, but Frank had a couple of stalls behind his smithy. I put a horse in each and made sure they had water. I even found his tack room and put away my saddle, pad, and bridle.When I entered the store, Mary was waiting on an older man, selling him some tobacco, so I sat down at the table to get a load off my feet. As soon as he left she. The next 6 months were very intense between their advance training and their continued training in self-defense and running.As expected both Bret and Bob1 were promoted to Gunny over the winter. The 25 Gunnies selected for the Marine Games were announced in May. As predicted Bret was the 1st Gunny selected and Bob1 was the 2nd selected. What the Captain in charge of the games was not expecting was that the day after the selection Bret and Bob1 turned in their selections for team members and the.