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are going to be attacked by someone.”
    “Does it say when, Dolly?”
    “Yes.”
    Jillian was struck dumb. No one had been able to give a time for the event. “When!?!”
    “It will happen between four and six years from now.”
    Jillian stared at Dolly and said, “Do you believe it?”
    “Yes.”
    “Where did Dr. Connor go?”
    “He went to resign his position at the university.”
    “Why?!?”
    Dolly took a deep breath and said, “You don’t like Chris, do you?”
    Jillian nodded, “No, I don’t.”
    “You think he’s just a happy go lucky, party hard, womanizing, alcoholic.”
    “Isn’t he? It was that behavior that caused him to lose the Nobel Prize.”
    Dolly just stared at Jillian.
    “Dolly, a reporter that covered the incident is a close friend of mine. She said he didn’t even deny the accusations.”
    “Jillian, you are such a thunk.”
    “A what?”
    “A thunk. You only believe what you see on the surface. You miss reality.”
    “What do you mean by that?”
    “Dr. Connor didn’t have an affair with that woman. He spent the night at a hospital in Paris with one of our exchange students that had fallen deathly ill with a mersa infection. Chris was called by his girlfriend and asked if he could go help. He told the wife of that committee member where he was going and she asked if she could use the key to his room to go to the potty. He gave it to her and told her to leave it at the front desk. That man the hotel security video showed leaving in the morning was one of the selection committee’s members. Chris came back and discovered he was being accused of something he didn’t do. The woman came and begged him not to tell the truth. She said it would destroy the committee. Chris agreed to take the blame.”
    Jillian didn’t know what to think.
    “Do you know where he is right now?”
    “No.”
    “He has been tutoring children in the projects for years. He also started a program at the university to help struggling students. He would note those students in his classes that had exceptional performance. He asked them if they would be willing to help other students that were struggling. He not only did it in his discipline, but sought out students from all departments and set up a schedule for them to teach students that were having difficulty. The list of tutors has grown to more than fifteen hundred over a three year period. Those fifteen hundred are known as The Tutors and they are the most highly respected students in the school. To be selected to join their ranks is an honor that everyone holds in higher esteem than graduating with high honors. The student body would follow their lead on any issue. Their acknowledged leader is Dr. Connor.”
    Jillian lowered her head and thought about what Dolly was saying.
    “Jillian, he is going to resign his position today to try and do all he can to save those students that have given their lives to helping others. That is the only thing that would make him stop helping those kids in the project and our university students. There is going to be a huge heartbreak at his leaving.”
    Jillian didn’t respond.
    “One more thing, Jillian.”
    She looked up at Dolly, “Every woman in the university has thrown themselves at Dr. Connor, and that includes me. He has told every one of us that we are better than that. He told me he expected more than that out of me. He told me that if I didn’t value myself, no one else ever would. He shamed me, but he also made me realize that he was right. He made me a better person for it.”
    Jillian saw she was being honest.
    “You wonder about the dancing.”
    Jillian nodded.
    “His Mother, Father, and older brother were killed in a skimmer accident when he was twelve years old. They were going to a convention in California. He was forced to stay home and attend a dancing class that his parents had enrolled him in. They insisted that no one should miss class or an appointment. To do so was evidence of a weak