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    There were magazines and books that might illuminate the issue for her, but books don’t have auras and her aura did not provide anything that would allow her to read in the dark. Well, she thought, I have nothing else to do, let’s practice with the meditative approach and the sight. From that point on, Jenny Martinez began working on bringing the sight into her control. She played with what caused it to appear, what caused it to stop and then worked on making both happen at will. She sat on that floor for hours, learning to control this new gift. She was so interested in the meditation, that at some point, she fell asleep. It was a deep sleep, a good sleep.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
    Ted looked at his sister-in-law, sitting next to the front window, staring out into the darkness. Everyone else had long since gone to sleep, Natalee and Max sharing Max’s room, Kayla passed out in their bed and the pastor, Rich, asleep in a corner of the kitchen underneath the dining table. Ted liked the new friend they had made. He was a much more easy-going guy than any of the chaplains he had met in the service, and certainly more of a normal guy than the bible-thumpers Ted had met over the years. But, Ted was still prejudiced. He had grown up in a Jewish home, but had seen his own mother give up all of her money to a preacher in Los Angeles in the hopes of a miracle cure for her cancer, and none had come. Reason didn’t work with his Mom and Ted had become so embittered when his Mom had passed away and he found out how much money she had donated to this scam-artist. He vowed to give this guy, Rich, a chance, but at the same moment, he was not going to let his family be taken advantage of again.
    Right now, he was concerned about Kate. When everyone else had gone to sleep, she had sat next to that window, waiting for her husband. Kate had said, “He knows we are here. He will come for us.” Ted had no reason to doubt that. In fact, Ted had counted on the steadfast nature of Calvin Ward since they were both eight years old. If Cal could get here, he would be here for his wife and daughter. Hell, Cal would be here for Ted, and Kayla, and Maxine too. It was just the kind of guy he was, he was the perfect person to bring into battle, he never left anyone behind, no matter what.
    Ted thought back to a tour in Iraq, where Ted’s squad was pinned down under enemy fire. A Humvee had come to rescue them and had hit an IUD, blowing all the way into the air and toppling over four or five times. There was no chance that anyone had survived. There wasn’t even much left of the Humvee. Cal’s squad had been sent in to recover Ted’s squad, and as soon as he got there, Ted could see on his brother-in-law’s face that there was no chance he was leaving without getting to the damaged vehicle. Ted didn’t even try to talk him out of the rescue, even though the Major was screaming over the radio to pull out. Ted would only find out later that Cal had violated a direct order to come save Ted and his men. Cal told all of the men except Ted and Cal’s medic, PFC Cross, to pull back and then the three of them charged into open fire to see if anyone was there. There had been four men in that Humvee, and three of them were in pieces. The fourth was badly injured and they got him out. All three of the rescuers were injured. Cross even received a Silver Star and Ted received a Bronze Star for their actions. But the man who refused to leave a fellow soldier behind intentionally took the blame for refusing a direct order. The Major went after him with a passion. SFC Ward and Major Fine had never got along, there was no doubt. But, Calvin Ward had defied that order to save a brother in arms, and it had worked. The rest of them got medals, and Cal got a discharge. After twenty-six years in the army, Cal was drummed out by a vindictive prick who wasn’t half the soldier that Ward was. It took a Brigade Commander stepping in, just to get Cal an honorable