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immediate thought was that I was going to get Kelly to give me a trim as soon as we got home. He was wearing a heavy canvas duster, which made it hard to judge his size, but I guessed him to be rather bony.
    “Good morning,” I said when he walked up to our truck.
    “Good morning,” he replied. “You two must be Zach and Kelly.” I nodded and stuck my hand out through the open window.
    “I’ve seen you before, but we’ve never officially met.” He offered his left hand, and when he did so, the rifle that was slung over his right shoulder slipped off and fell to the asphalt with a disturbing clank.
    “Gosh dang it,” he muttered, set the rifle against the door of my truck and then offered his hand again.
    “My name’s Floyd.” He gestured at his right hand, which was tucked into his jacket pocket. “Excuse the handshake, I injured my right arm a while back and it doesn’t work so good anymore.”
    “How’s everything going, Floyd?”
    “Not too bad,” he said and looked around before continuing in a lower voice. “Tonya is a slave driver, but I must admit, we’ve made some really good improvements around here. Are you guys coming to visit?”
    I paused a moment before answering. “Kelly really wants to see Rhonda. But, I think given the current situation with Tonya, I’ll hang outside here with you.” Floyd grunted.
    “Yeah, I’ve heard the story. Tonya is pretty opinionated, that’s for sure.” He looked back at the school. “How about this, I’ll go check with her and see what she has to say.”
    “Well, I appreciate that, Floyd.”
    “Sure, I’ll be right back.” We watched in silence as he walked into the school.
    “What?” Kelly asked. “You’ve got that look of scorn on your face.”
    “He left his guard post,” I said disdainfully and pointed at the open bus door. “Hell, he even left his rifle. They should have some means of the guard being able to communicate with people inside the school. They either don’t have it set up or Floyd was just looking for a reason to get out of the cold.” Kelly snickered.
    “I take it you don’t approve.”
    “You got that right,” I said contemptuously. “Remember Terry relentlessly tutoring Tommy and Joe about a guard’s general orders? The first general order is to never leave your post until you’re properly relieved.”
    “Yeah, I remember that. He’s probably turning over in his grave right now.”
    “Yep.”
    Our conversation was cut short when one of the front entry doors swung open. Marc came jogging out as fast as his stubby little legs would allow him.
    “Hi, you two,” he said exuberantly. His hair had gone without a trim as well and he was even sporting a full beard. We got out of the truck and Marc insisted on hugging each of us. Ward came outside at about that time and insisted on joining in.
    “How’ve you two been?” I asked.
    “It’s been okay, Zach. It’s been cold as everything, but we’ve been okay.” I nodded in understanding. Our conversation was interrupted by Tonya walking out of the front door. The docs’ mood changed abruptly, as if they’d been caught doing something wrong. Tonya and I eyed each other. Her hair was almost fully gray now, I guess she didn’t bother with coloring it anymore, and it was cut in a short butch style. I actually think she’d gained weight since the last time I’d seen her, which was not easy to do nowadays. She stared for another second or two before speaking.
    “What’s everyone doing standing out here in the cold? Come inside, for God’s sake.” She turned and walked back in without waiting for a reply. Kelly looked at me with a small, hopeful smile.
    “Well, if that wasn’t an invitation, I don’t know what is,” Marc said with a big grin and led us into the cafeteria, which was where everyone invariably congregated.
    “I’ve got a kettle of water on the stove and was going to fix everyone some hot tea. Would you two like some?” Ward asked.
    “It