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Chapter 4

“You have any other friends staying? Christmas alone sounds kind of dismal,” said Simon. Kelly thought his tone sounded tight.

“A few. I’ll be fine.” They each moved on to their next opponent.

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After an hour and a half, fencing team members began to drift out, until Simon was facing Kelly again, and the only other person present was Scott, the coach.

“Hey, Randall, I’m gonna bail. Can you make sure the door gets locked?” asked Scott.

“Yeah, no problem,” replied Simon. Scott nodded and left.

“If you’re in a hurry to get home, we can skip this,” offered Kelly.

“No hurry. All my grades are finally done, and the only thing that’s waiting for me is a freezer full of microwave meals and the second half of a Heinlein book,” said Simon truthfully. It probably sounded lame, but going home to an empty house held little appeal, when he could be down here working up a sweat and poking someone with three feet of steel.