She handed me a packet of paperwork to fill out along with my schedule; I was excited that I had a whole week to fuck-off before I started. She also r...minded me to study the handbook so I would be prepared for the small test. I told her, “yes ma’am” and headed for my car. As I got into my car Ward pulled in. He walked over and asked if I still wanted to go shooting with him on Saturday. I told him yes and he congratulated me on the job. He told me he’d see me later and went inside. I called. She logged out of the system, turned off her computer, grabbed her bag and left. Once outside, she took a deep breath. It was spring at last, and it was a relief not to feel chilled to the bone after a damp winter. Brody hadn’t arrived yet, so she pulled out her phone and opened her music app. She toyed with some ideas, every so often looking up to look for Brody’s car. She wondered if they’d go for sushi or if Brody had a new restaurant he wanted to show her. It seemed that his hobby, aside. It's not certain that Homer ever completely believed that, but he did finally stop crying after about 20 minutes of sobbing.I knew that I was the one who was really at fault for not improving the defensive posture of the camp. An open camp was traditional, but it just made it too easy for raiders to enter from any and all directions whenever they wanted to. I knew that I was going to have to come up with a way to protect the camp, but now was not the time to discuss it.Later that day, Li Lo. “I’m looking forward to getting to know you all better. I’ll take roll real quick and then we’ll get started.”She must not have noticed me, or the fact that I was staring at her in peer horror the entire time as she took roll. However, when she got to my name, things halted immediately.“Lilly Kassel?”“Here!”“Tucker Kingly.”“Here,” I said slowly.She froze for a moment, staring at the roll sheet before slowly glancing upwards and locating me in the back of the class. She soon shared the same.