I dealt the cards and gave myself another deuce. That gave me the only visible pair, which made me high. With three of a kind I felt pretty strong, bu...t a large bet would probably drive at least two or maybe even three of the other players out of the hand.Conventional wisdom was to bet and drive them out before they could get help. But the more that stayed in the larger the pot. With one card remaining to be dealt and no other pair showing I felt I could gamble — that is what we all sat down to. "She said you were on your way up." he said, waving one arm awkwardly down the hallway behind him.Eric wasn't himself. Normally he's about as unflappable as a brick.The elevator doors began to close. Harmon reacted quickly, extending his weapon and blocked their travel."Peggy?" I asked my assistant."Yes sir. She said I should wait here and bring you along when you arrived."I nodded, removed my hand from Lilly's neck and stepped out of the elevator. Eric backpedaled quickly. Lilly followed a. "Sorry," she whispered. Finally getting her bearings, Tracy looked at her watched and activated its illuminated dial. It was after 1900! She'd been unconscious for almost 6 hours. Tracy gathered her thoughts: it had taken an hour and a half to cross the final 1 mile of ocean to this spot."Only, I don't know what this spot is," Tracy rebuked herself. Then she came up with an idea. "If the sub can hear me and track me, maybe they can help me get back to the right position." Tracy breathed in and. “Now, how would you all like to know what you’ve really gotten yourselves into?” I asked.Smiles and a few frowns appeared in the first two rows.“The reason we are taking nearly six times as long to film this show, is really simple. Collectively, you will all be defining the first major mission to space beyond orbital placement of satellites or space stations. Additionally, the winning team will be the on the primary crew for that mission.”A murmur ran through the group.“That may sound like a.