“What did you do to her?” I asked in a whisper.Then all the memories flooded back. I inhaled sharply and winced at the pain. “Where’s Rufus? I...s he okay?”Amelia nodded. She finally spoke. “He’s at the vet recovering.”“What’s wrong with you?” I whispered, still shocked at her appearance.Amelia glared at me, eyes darkening. “You’re what’s wrong with me! You almost died!” Then tears welled in her beautiful eyes. “You almost left me behind, Mike.”“Never,” I whispered, squeezing her slender hand.. Zahra stayed seated. "Pre-board and first class only." The best thing about too much travel?" Karl waved the tickets at her. "Frequent Flyer Upgrades." You the man!" Rick picked up her laptop. "Always travel in style!"Thirty minutes later, the plane was taxiing down the runway and Zahra was already making a list of people to call when they landed. She barely noticed the breakfast they served and passed on the early morning glass of champagne.Midway through the flight, Karl put down his. And I can make sure you don't get in trouble for it. How many of you can draw cartoon style images quickly, but fairly well?" About half raised their hands. "Good. Now, how many can do drawings on the computer?" A smaller group, some from the first group, some not, raised their hands. "Alright. Those who can do both, stay. For the rest, thank you and I'll see you around school. Please don't tell anyone about this meeting or what you think might be happening." About 2/3 of the girls left."Ok.. My personal preference would be to work with a hundred or so students. We give them one sample, on the understanding that if they produce a satisfactory report on it, they will get a second sample to investigate. We don't tell them there will be more, until we get a good second report. By that time we will have an idea of how well they can do the examination, and those that are not good enough, we drop. Those that show excellent work, we give another sample with the information that there may.