Some students wanted to pretend that they were still children, but most were worrying about upcoming midterms and tests. Most of the student body had ...een or heard about the fight at lunch, and I found that many students came up to me to offer thanks that one of the campus bullies had been brought downI was mostly ignoring this. Instead my thoughts were on lunch and my plans to surprise Wendy for her birthday. I had managed to send messages to the rest of the gang, but was unsure if they had. " Which way are you going?" To Denver." Do you have a sleeper on your truck?" Yes mam, I do." What are we waiting for."I threw enough money down on the table to cover both meals and the tip and said, "Lets get the hell out of here before he comes back."I was just pulling onto the highway when she pointed and said, "There he is."I looked over at her and said, "Are you sure you want to do this?"She looked undecided for a minute and then she said, "Fuck him! He's done this to me one too many. How did she know where the key to my desk was? I hurried over to my generic four drawer file cabinet, and sure enough, there was my ‘L.A. County Coroner’ mug. Before I could figure out a way to ask her how she knew, she said, ‘Everybody has a dead zone in a file cabinet where they keep stuff, like the keys to the desks and extra coffee mugs. So let’s talk about your bid submission for the Field Museum traveling exhibit, okay? You got the job, Mac. You’ll be providing executive protection for. Once there, though, I tensed. A police officer was putting up a poster on one of the light posts that loomed near the corner. Several passers by paused to look – and I waited until the officer had walked away before I and Tjen approached. She drew her cloak around her shoulders, to conceal her near nudity and her own red skin, as if she worried about being watched. I did notice a few men and women shooting her curious looks – but they were too busy getting to the flying machine port itself.The.