I woke up to his voice at the doorway. ‘Maxine the heavy hitters are here,’ he informed me. I walked into the living room, where I got my first lo...k at the GBI team. ‘I’ll be right back, I need to pee. I took care of that while I processed the group. There were two men and two women all of them looked just average. All except one man that is. He was tall and heavy. Not heavy like fat, heavy like blocky muscular. he had to be at least 6′ 3’ probably more even. He was a giant of a man. The. Because of everything that happened before December 26, 1984, you had, in effect, turned off every single emotion and every single feeling and decided that the only measure of success in your life was being the best trauma surgeon in the history of the world.“That was something you felt you could do by yourself, only it didn’t turn out that way. You needed help, just as you do in the ER or OR. People to support you. But it didn’t matter who those people were - they were interchangeable, so long. His face was chiseled with elegant features, his hair was a mess of blond, and his body was bronze and lean, toned to perfection. His ears came to points in the elven fashion, but his stature was more human. He lounged nakedly in the clearing, dipping his toes in the babbling stream and plucking idly at the grass. He seemed the picture of nonchalance, but I knew better. When his eyes connected with mine, he knew as well. “I should’ve known Adarian would send you.” The incubus laughed. It was a. I would have rather played against you at your best.”“It’s all good, what’s done is done.” Brett laughs at my choice of words. I take a pull and hand Chris the bottle. “We’ll get another chance to face off at the State title.”“For sure,” he says. Steven comes up to me and offers his hand. I take it and embrace him. “I’m sorry man, I know what you guys are going through.” “I appreciate it, man.” I remember going to the funeral service when his dad died during his service in the military. “I got.