Cal looked at Danny in surprise. ‘How so?’ he asked. Danny looked Cal in the eyes. ‘Cal, you know how hard it was for me to walk away from Jess... even though I knew that if I hadn’t, she could be hurt by our enemies. I didn’t tell her why I was leaving, I just left. When I saw her pregnant, and in labor for that matter, I couldn’t leave her again. I love her Cal,’ Danny said. Cal sighed. ‘Danny, loving someone when you have a job like we do is not something that ends up working well. It. " Very well, Mr. Anderson. I will speak with my staff and we will keep alookout for any altercations. I will also speak with Brad and hisparents."They took their leave; Jason was given a late pass and sent off to hisfirst class.The day was otherwise uneventful, until once again at the end of the day,Brad was waiting for him at his locker.Jason once again, took a deep breath and prepared to be met by Brad."So you told your parents. Hiding behind your mother are you. Justwait. I will get. My solitude was soon broken as my team walked up the path. They were not quiet, but they were certainly less noisy than other groups.“Here he is,” François said as he rounded the corner.“Afternoon, all.”They arranged themselves around me while I passed out some new maps with the latest course on it.“I want these back, please. Any notes, please make them on a separate piece of paper. It will only ruin the surprise for the others.”There were some chuckles and some groans as I said this.“Here’s. ” She paused and added, “You sent me the very latest and greatest unit Female Fitness makes, didn’t you?”“Well, my mother is the regional distributor for them, and I certainly didn’t want you to have an old model. But why do you ask?”“Because my model apparently is so new it doesn’t even have the correct instructions.” Then she giggled — what a merry little sound that was! — and added, “My instructions have a whole section about what to do about the white mark on your bottom from exercising.