One of our office people has a cousin who works for the competitor. Word of mouth is they're interested in buying us to eliminate the competition. The... would just take over our equipment and resources for their own use and let all the employees go."From what Lee says, they're only offering half what the company is worth, but with the way the economy is now, Mr. Jackson doesn't really have any choice. We're all going to be out of work. With all the employees of the company looking for jobs at. I'll show her. I thought, and stumbled over to the treadmill.I stepped on and set it to a slow speed. I hit the start button andstarted walking, well staggering, gripping tightly to the handles.When the door opened some time later and Candy walked in I was ready todrop. I was exhausted and my feet and ankles were killing me. She hitthe stop button. "Take it easy Joanie, you've been on there for an hourand a half. We don't want you crippling yourself do we. Come and sitdown and eat your sandwich. Ben and Sarah were swimming in the ocean at the time and stopped to tread water, looking at each other and at first trying to work out why their were water droplets splashing all around them.Thomas was sitting doing nothing other than stare at his precious fire when the drops began to fall and he panicked when he realised the water was in danger of dousing the flames. He foolishly tried to shield the fire by using one of Elizabeth's grass screens, but it soon caught fire and he had to drop it. Kevin was low on gas, and they stopped at a convenience store just a few miles from church, still a good ten miles from Lindsey's home. A mile or two later, a sporty car pulled up alongside them, honking furiously. Lindsey recognized the occupants as Regan Manthei, the quarterback, Todd Vrohmann, the tight end whose parents were big givers at her church, and Keith Porter, a defensive player.Responding to the honks and waves from the other car, Kevin pulled into a parking lot and got out to talk.