She has also found and confirmed payments to two others. After a brief but friendly conversation with Hak, they hung up and fixed themselves a light b...eakfast.While they were eating, Bonnie asked. "What are your plans for today, Al?" I don't really know, sweetheart. There's really not much I can do until I hear back from Mr. Wright. Did you have something you wanted to do?" Well, yes, I do. I'd like to go down to the paper, and talk with my boss for a while. I don't intend to tell him. After dropping off her own bag in the back she hopped into the backseat with Nick. "Hey big brother! Are you excited?" Lynn asked with big eyes. Nick laughed and said "We're driving for like a week to a random cabin. Staying in the cold for 2 weeks and then driving back home for another week. Sorry... no I'm not really that excited." "But we'll get to ski! And aren't you happy we'll get to spend some time together?" Came Lynn's quick retort. Nick smiled and ruffled his little sister's hair and. " Tarra wasn't sure how she felt about mercenaries. Someone who fought and killed for whoever had the most money? It just seemed wrong somehow."No, I simply used them to get the martial skills I needed. Oh technically, I did join their guild. Had to — they don't accept non-members for training. That wasn't hard. When you've got the cash, the mercs can be very accommodating. They are businessmen at heart after all." Tarra felt relief on hearing his explanation; she nodded.James regarded Tarra.. Not so much amongst the junior high students who had an earlier lights-out time and a staff member sleeping in a barracks-style dormitory with them, but definitely amongst the senior high students who had twin-share rooms. Because we were now in the tenth grade and therefore senior high students, we were able to stay up until the later lights-out and hang out in the common area between the two wings of the dorms we were staying in.It had been two days since the Games of the Blue Balls Olympiad..