" He left me and the spilled changealone. I sighed. Perhaps he did forget about our bet. I smiled, thinkingthis day couldn't get better. "Three days."...I shot up to see Billy backin my doorway."Huh?" My heart began racing as my mind thought up of many differentanswers, avoiding the one I feared."You've got three days after you borrow money from me. If you can't payit back, in one single payment, then keep the money and suck it up fornext time." I smiled and chuckled a bit, shaking a little. He. " Five top quality welders would earn sixty or seventy thousand a year each, plus benefits," Kevin said. "That gives us a budget of three to four hundred thousand for a one-year payout for each five guys." On the surface of it, it makes a lot of sense if the initial cost isn't too crazy," I said."Well, we haven't considered maintenance and backup if something goes wrong," Thomas offered. "I assume these units are programmable?" Yes. Why don't I do some investigating and see what the. " I think we just need to learn to return fire, Mike. Maybe we shouldhelp Britney find your new brother in law? Or how she's going to be ourgo-to babysitter from now on?"Britney squealed in delight at my attempt to get back at her, "There'sthe man-eater bite!"I playful started to chase her and she ran back to join the other girls,sharing a laugh with them when she got back to them.Mike caught up with me and kept a weary eye on Britney when he mused,"Well, I don't think I ever thought of. I will not become just another bloody face on the battlefield.” Her tone was softer but determined. Her anger had settled.Now her words reached him.The only reason she lived is because a world-hopping necromancer’s clone summoned two teenagers to his world. Then those two teens instead of staying with the dwarves to be celebrated as heroes or with the fairies after freeing them of a neglectful god chose to travel with a mother of two. Then they helped a caravan attacked by wolves. Then decided.