After all, it wasn't likely the senior account executive was going to be xeroxing inappropriate parts of her anatomy. An event John told her had happe...ned during the Christmas silliness a few years ago. That was before the camera had been installed and was another reason why the party was now held off site.When she looked again at the monitor five minutes later, Roxanne was surprised to see that Kathy was still at the copiers. It occurred to her that the clerical staff usually handled any large. Despite the cold--her iPhone claimed it was 29 degrees Fahrenheit in Huntington--what possibility existed that not a single wreck would garner an emergency response, clusters of do-gooders or gawkers, and at least one resultant fire? (She had finally noted that anomaly.) The answer was none. Not slim or marginal: none.Pulling out her phone, she tried Maudie’s cell number. Morgantown was 3-1/2 hours away, about 200 miles, a good distance, she thought. Tapping the speaker icon, she listened. The problem was that he had never felt it before and he didn’t like starting now. Luke was jealous and it didn’t sit well with him. Dakota was still waiting for an answer and Luke wasn’t sure what to say. He shook his head, as if to clear it and fell back on his tried and true humor. He said, ‘I was just wondering how Marshall thought you might wear me out – you have any ideas?’ He wiggled his eyebrows at her playfully and Dakota laughed. It lightened the moment and Luke wanted to keep things. I used a piece of a mirror that I broke to look without exposing any more of my precious hide than was absolutely necessary.At the moment, the corridor was empty. We stepped out, and, just at that moment, a detachment of soldiers ran into the corridor from the stairs at the far end of the corridor. They charged at us, but I started shooting before they could get very far. There were still half a dozen charging at us by the time I had emptied my cylinder, so I switched to the shotgun load and.