She actually started calling it our ‘date’! Between the times that we met, she was constantly sending me text messages, some about work but mostly... quite personal stuff asking me loads of questions and telling me some of her own troubles and problems. She had recently dropped out of a fairly long term relationship and I think she was rather lonely and just needed someone to take an interest in her. Someone not connected with her own life who she could discuss personal issues with without any. A couple of frat guys are dead and all of them are in critical condition."I had to ask, "Were they drunk?"The resident said, "What do you think. They were all underage too. You know if Mike recovers, he loses his scholarship anyway. They have a no tolerance rule about drugs and booze." Damn, are you supposed to box up his stuff?"He said, "Not yet. The U didn't tell me to yet. I'll help his folks do it if they want. Listen, don't let it get you down. The school year's just about over, so just. I remembered how Jasmine's father had died, and several others who had died when we took the ship. I especially remembered the five little bodies we had found ripped to shreds, in one of the halls.Nadil had gutted the small dinosaurs that had come out of the side corridor. We had stepped around and seen hundreds of them coming towards us up an auxiliary ramp. We closed the hatch in front of us. As we lifted off, the creatures had fled, most jumping to their death, but some had frozen in place,. The office was on the fifth floor of the Federal Courthouse building.Lane had given us a floorplan, showing where the girls should hang out, to stop anyone from leaving. TJ and the rest were just minutes behind. We’d all been shown pictures of Benedict and some of his alleged conspirators, so we’d be able to recognize them. It was a picture of his ‘card-shark’ buddies and him.I waited just outside the office door until TJ and crew showed up. He’d positioned a couple of the Jacksonville Agents.
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