She needs to go to Mazar-i-sharif and get the school ready. Fortunately, the actual school location had not been leaked, or else it would have suffere... multiple attacks already. There were stories of other similar schools attacked by paint, battery acid, or worse, gasoline bombs, elsewhere in Afghanistan. And due to many death threats, some of which are quite serious, she had no choice but to retain a bodyguard (paid for generously by one of the donors). She turned back to see Maryann looked at. Make that TWO sheets of fabric. He tried to yank them off in a fury, butwas just as successful as he was with his boots. Not wanting to do anymore explorations of his situation in pitch black confines, he crawled aslow as he could go, exiting the tent, the large contraption on his backswaying underneath the roof as he did so.Finally free of the tent, Ted stood up, feeling a fluffing of fabric allaround his thighs, a jiggling that had slowed to a halt on his chest, theconstant constriction. .. I mean, you were only two when--"The front door slammed closed and Cori shouted from the bottom of thesteps. "I'm home, Mom!"Aunt Joan turned and shouted back, "We're in the living room, honey.Don't forget to take off your softball cleats." There was the sound ofgrumbling and something clattering to the floor by the front door as AuntJoan turned to me and brushed my cheek with the back of her fingers. "Wecan talk about this later."After something else clattered to the floor, Cori thumped up. I looked at the attendant, who watched the girls walk away. He looked crestfallen, perhaps unsure if the girl he had met eyes with had proceeded to belittle him as she walked away. I walked towards the stand and said ‘hey.’ He came back to his senses and reflexively reached for a set of plastic rings under the desk. ‘One game?’ he asked, his voice trimmed with disillusionment. ‘Which of those girls would you rather have?’ I asked. He paused for a moment, processing whether or not he had heard.