One north, one south and three moving across the park from the east. There's four or five in each group. I didn't spot a mage or shaman with them but ...ou never know, they might have one on call and have him headed this way. We're only slightly out numbered." Can you slow any of them down a bit?" questioned Blake."Yeah, I can try. Cover me." And he moved deeper into the park. Thunder sent three of his people along with Cain and shifted a couple of others around to take up the slack.While they. ”“I have a father,” Barbara snaps, shutting the lid of the case. “He wants me to be normal and go to school. Bruce wants me here cleaning up his messes while he’s off with Talia or whoever it is now.”“To be fair to Master Bruce, we can’t be certain that’s where he is if he’s even alive,” Alred replies, unflappable. “And I needn’t remind you how he tried to talk you out of it when you were so determined to be a part of this,” he adds, giving a sidelong look at Barbara’s old uniform.Barbara does. You know they have been talking about stopping The Program for sophomores because they think you guys are too young. Have fun, but keep your mouth shut!" Jackie said."I know, I know, I haven't said anything to anyone else," Mo said.We finished our lunch in relative peace. Near the end of the period, a few guys came up behind Jackie to touch her boobs. She let them, but I could tell her heart wasn't in it.After PE, Kim insisted on washing me. She soaped her hands and spent most of her time. I couldn't tell whether the other person was a man or a woman."What can I get you ladies to drink?" Julie asked.Second mystery solved, I thought to myself. Friends from work, or girls' night out?"I'd like a Cosmopolitan," the first woman said."And for you?" Julie asked.In my mind, I could picture her turning towards the other woman."I think I'd like the Macallan Gran Reserva. Neat."I knew her voice, a rich, musical soprano. It was her.My eyes snapped open and I stared at the paneled wood.