." Not a problem, Five -- he's not moving and I'm boresighted perfectly for the range," Macon replied."If you miss, put a second round in an eye socke...," Griffin directed. "All elements, this is Five. The situation is deteriorating rapidly. We will be taking out the guard, tossing them both on grav stretchers, and making for the extraction point as rapidly as possible. We need to be gone before either their sweep element or their pickup team arrives. Pack it up and report readiness -- I want to. Clare sat on a bar stool and Wayne stood in front of her with his back to me. They were hidden away in a dark corner behind a pillar which I thought was odd. I started to walk over to them when I had the urge to observe for a while. Whether I thought I wanted to catch her out, or something else I don't know.I subtly settled down at a table about 10m away from them. There were still k**s and their parents milling about so I was quite well hidden.They seemed just to be chatting. I could see Clare. ." I said to myself with a heavy breath. "It looks like I havesome tidying up to do."***After several hours sorting and folding clothes into neat stacks,separated by colour and styles, I was relieved to see that nothing hadgotten damaged. Not that I was worried that Mary would chew me out if shegot home and found that I had damaged some of her precious clothing,but... Well, truth be told, I would be most upset if something had gottendamaged. At some level, I wanted all of these clothes to. Joyce just stared at me in shock, as ifseeking some direction from me; but I had none to give her."Because of your wife, Rick. I'm very impressed with her; a PhDin mathematics is really an achievement. Now she's told me of your energy andideas. I like the idea of throwing a new man into the ring, giving someone achance to make a difference. Perhaps you can turn the paper around, perhaps youcan preserve all those jobs and the families that depend on them. The positionpays well, so Joyce could.