Lost and alone in this huge new country, he was already homesick for them. It was through a transgender support group that Ken was first put in contac...t with Sandra. Ken never actually went to any of the meetings, it would have been impossible given how carefully his parents watched over him, but the organizer of the group had suggested that Ken talk to Sandra, who lived just a short bicycle ride away. For nearly half a year, Ken had held on to Sandra's phone number, unable to muster the courage. Everything had worked well and he had been able to reload and fire so quickly that he was sure that he would have a marked advantage in any gunfight. He looked at the wall he had used for a backstop and saw four distinct marks where the shot had hit. He had deliberately changed his target each shot so that he could see the pattern the shot made as it hit the wall. The patterns were so nearly perfect that he could find nothing to complain about. He turned to look at Goldman and the two men. Princeton was a typical wealthy booster. He made sure athletes had all of their needs met. And while, he didn’t usually get to extravagant, there were generally five or six that would receive a pre-owned vehicle. Brontae had gotten a 2011 Ford Mustang after the tournament ended.Princeton flipped on his streaming service and selected a movie. He examined the chocolate man beside him and began to melt. He had a few Aggies that came over to spend time with him – three on the football team, two. So, after a lot of agonizing and thinking it out, they were loaded rather more like backpackers than campers.Among other things, Kevin and Emily were again going to use Duane's Appalachian Trail veteran tent and the ultralight down sleeping bag he'd carried. He hadn't taken the gear west with him in the Jeep when he'd headed to Arizona back in March. After more thinking about it than should have been necessary, Jason rationalized that this wasn't going to be the last time they were going to be.