Just arranging a little surprise." she grinned.She surreptitiously studied his face. Now that she was looking, she couldeasily see the effects of age ...n his face. It would be trivial for her tofix it. But for men, such aging is not so much of a bad thing. In hisposition at work, he was an authority figure. He directed and coordinatedthe efforts of a number of other people, who sometimes didn't get alongvery well. His age helped give him that air of authority. She would haveto be careful. *It's. She strained her eyes, as did all the other prisoners, for whatever it might be that had caused so much excitement, but it wasn't anything she could see.It was after much more marching across the arid plain, unbroken by the usual midday rest, when Glade saw the object of the black warrior's joy. Spread ahead of them, like a frozen herd of gnu and antelope, were the first permanent manmade structures Glade had ever seen. And there were so many of them. From the distance they resembled ant-hills. So do you want to come to Newsham?" Yes but what would I do?" What did you do before the collapse?" I was a school teacher, I taught maths." OK. You can help Michelle, our teacher, we're running a basic school."Will then chipped in, "And you won't be short of female company, there's a dozen spare women who will be vying for your attention."Neil then looked sombre and said, "I have a wife and two children."Will looked awkward but I winked at him and gave him the thumbs up behind my hand. He had. My male flatmate was sitting in the kitchen eating when I went in. He stopped eating and looked at me.“Wow Jenna, you look hot, are you going anywhere nice?”“I was thinking of going to the coast, it’s only 45 minutes on the train and it would be a shame to not take advantage of the good weather.”“You’re right there girl, fancy some company?”“Err, I was planning on going on my own, but I guess that it could be fun with the 2 of us going Dan.”“Great, give me 5 minutes and I’ll be ready.”I got my.