Judy Malloy: Forward Progress on the Fields of Play

Griff's triumphant return
from the Sacramento Valley lingered afterwards in Caydance's mind. The way he came through the door, his jacket slung over his brawny shoulders. The pleasures of eating pizza and drinking beer, the intimate replay of the Huygens - Sac Valley game film, a return to the bedroom.

The phone number for Huygens security was on her drawing desk. Griff knew of the potential danger from manuscript thieves. It was not likely that an unmarked black van would appear at their cottage late at night. Nevertheless, he also needed to know that there was possible danger from Alarie, whose whereabouts were unknown. Griff would be angry that she had waited to tell him that Alarie was on the loose.

Caydance remembered the picnic in the woods where Alarie had first attacked her. Yes, she had flattened him with a perfectly aimed one-two punch. But subsequently, Alarie had stalked and viciously attacked her in Berkeley at The Big Game (Cal 17 Stanford 11).