I fumbled through the rest of my clothes and discovered that they were all soggy and damp."Will you take me out to the airport, Lincoln?"Sarah had com... out to the front room, moving quietly on her bare feet. She'd washed her face, combed her hair, and she'd slipped into the same shift she'd been wearing yesterday."Certainly," I said. "How soon will you have to leave?" In a couple of hours," she said. Suddenly her glance went to the heap of clothing at my feet. "Oh, dear. I can't even offer you. . I continued to push as hard as I could and at the end of the hour I was really pleased with my efforts, so went into cool down, at the same time, the guy next to me followed suit and introduced himself as Bob, telling me he was training for a charity run later in the year, I told him I was just trying to increase my fitness and also relieve the stress of long hours at the office. I told him I was going working on the mats to warm down with some stretches so if he wanted to join me we could. Like close friends. I don't want to ruin that possibility by taking advantage of you now. Understand?"Alina blushed and her eyes welled up a little, this time with joy. "Th-thank you. I like you too. But I have a girlfriend already, Heather..."The older girl nodded. "I know. But if someday down the road you and her break up I don't want you to see me as the bitch-dyke who took advantage of you when you were playing the Game. Usually I don't care about taking advantage of tagged girls but with. " All right," Ashley agreed with a sigh. "I still need to go over the floor up there and the stairs, too."With that settled and breakfast finished, Ed and I were ready to head for the computer room when the news came on the radio that had been playing in the background. It was the local news and talk radio station, and they had the news on the hour and the half hour."The police are investigating a vehicle accident and fire that occurred last night at the north end of Lake Lanier. A late model.