Saturday morning. In the kitchen, while Griff showered and dressed, Caydance made breakfast. Usually, he set out orange juice, made Peet's coffee, set sugar and cream on the table, toasted sour dough bread, but this morning she did this herself. After the bacon fried in the pan, she made what Griff called truckstop scrambled eggs. At breakfast, he observed the truckstop scrambled eggs with pleasure, piled bacon on toast, stopped himself from making last minute changes in the game plan, and listened for the arrival of two charter buses. Caydance had not told him that Mackie Alarie had escaped from prison. He was worried enough about his first away game as Head Coach.

Yesterday, she and Jack had been to see Sido. Sido was so clear about exactly where things had been and how they had been moved that Jack called in colleagues to check for fingerprints, even though he did not expect to find them. He also advised Sido on lock changes and suggested that Tyrone stay at her place over the weekend.

At Huygens Tech, the sound of two buses pulling up in front of Presidents Yard was heard.