But we kept it to that then. It was 8.30 and she had to go back to her hostel.We left from there back to Jayanagar. Once we reached, we stopped near a...tree and stood talking there for a little time. She challenged me that next time she will beat me in both the games and also a shuttle for the next time. That’s when I said, “All the best. But next time, we’ll make it more interesting with serious bets and dares for the loser.”She did understand it and she said, sure. We chuckled and said bye. We. No ... not the gal for me.The only other gal that I thought might be of possible romantic interest was the infamous Atomic Girl, who was at about mid-table on my left, with Mighty Maid sitting in-between her and Wilma Reeds. Rumor was that these two older gals didn’t get on. She was another one of the original old guard and founding member of the All-Star Squad back during the war. Back in the day, she was called the Atomic Maiden, and according to the papers she was a one-woman army while. That gives me about fifteen hours. Maybe I can get really heroic, and do two. Then I'm back on the wagon for twenty hours to make sure I'm ready for you. So I'd be able to average a little better than one a day. Unless I put you at risk. And they wouldn't let me go on the wagon, would they?" There'd be riots. It's not going to work." For some reason, Sue was smiling as she said it."It's not. I have to get back to the lab and find a cure, goddamn it. Sorry, Sue. Our deal's off. I can't come with. Mom and Dad volunteered to visit Dad's parents in Seattle, an unavoidable obligation from time to time, especially since we started being so "successful". I hid in their car's trunk, climbing out of it when Dad pulled into a rest stop which had plenty of trees to park under.We hadn't been tailed, and it was unlikely that a UAV had followed us because not long before we'd left home, Ava had driven off in another direction, while Julia and Carol went in another. Not long after we'd left, Prof and.