. .’ ‘Save it, Selena. I’m not in the mood for another pointless argument.’ The coldness in his voice put a definite end to the conversation. ...elena stalked back to the camp fire and fixed herself a plate of beans and cornbread. She sat down with her back to Liam and started to eat, but the food tasted like sawdust in her mouth, and she set the dish aside. Apparently, their truce had come to an end. Selena occupied herself with small tasks for a while, but eventually ran out of things to do.. I liked that Coach Kingwood got us busy right away. We did some stretching and running to warm up. Then it was like most everywhere else I’d been: they measured us. I don’t think they ever believed our stats when we filled them out on our application.I was the biggest on our team at six-four-and-a-quarter and 218 pounds. What had them all buzzing was when I smoked everyone in all the speed drills. I’d worked hard for the last few weeks so I would peak now.When we finally got a break, I looked. The job mindset had taken over. Of course I wasn’t going to get in any high speed chases in the Geo. It was a strictly an a to b vehicle.I still had an hour to kill after my eggs and hash brown potatoes breakfast. Before I left the parking lot, I called Thia to tell her goodbye, and not to expecting to hear from me regularly for a week or so.“This trip is going to end your feud with the Kalashnikov brothers I assume?” she asked.“I hope so,” I replied.“Good, I don’t like having to worry about. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Needless to say the response was as monumental as what Professor Haun suggested of the need. Hundreds of willing people answered the call to discover their fantasy. The personnel department was overflowing with applicants, and giving them to choose the very best and healthy ones to enter the new era in science.Professor Haun had now bigger plans, and with some of the vast capital at his ready, the Sunrise Research Foundation became owners of feedlots.