I had to be at least a football field in length away from the start.“Hide!”I barely heard it. As I lay behind a clump of bush between three full g...own trees, I tried to think, I am a bush here on the ground like my brother bushes. Thinking leafy thoughts I was shocked when Sensei said, “Very good, Flintkote.”He was standing in the bushes I was hiding with! His right foot was within an inch of my left hand! I never heard a thing.“Very good, indeed. I found you last. The others were easy. How. ”“In here an I’ll tell ya.”Ariel stepped through the door into a small room. A warn mattress and coverlet filled most of the floor. Clothes were hung on a rod above three simple wooden shelves. Ariel recognized two of the leather tops Hulda wore when she plied her trade along with some utilitarian smocks and outer garments. Ariel sniffed and the room smelled strongly of Hulda’s spicy scent: the combination of her skin with a stronger element of the soaps she used.Ariel turned to Hulda. “is this. You weren't the best looking guy in the world, but were above average and with your athletic football body you should've pulled significantly more at Clearwater but only ended up with 1 girl.Otherwise the football team was mediocre, They were 6-6 the year before and you hoped you could improve on that. You didn't have any of the top schools looking at you other than as a backup option so it didn't really matter as here you had a chance to compete for the starting jobIt was a relatively small. “I’ll give you a call when I have a free afternoon.“OK, have a good evening.”When I got home, Mom was ready for the interrogation. I spun a tale about going over the major events of the first World War and the depression. Not sure if she bought it, but the subject was dropped.My morning run was at a lot more sedate pace than I normally ran. I was still sore as hell from the fight and then fucking Jules, but I needed to get back on track.As soon as school was finished, I made my way over to the.