Welcome to Cheltenham, week # 1
Cassie and EJ arrived just in time. This atmosphere was different. It was closer to Washington, DC, but maybe it was the affection they shared for the FBI agents and the feeling of abandonment caused it.
They got their time tables after checking in and then they keys to their rooms. Both of them were dull, just like nothing matters anymore.
EJ found the reason to for a run. She did it every night, because it made her feel better and so she'd remember Michael in a good way. On the first running tour, she promised herself not to make friends here. And she intended to keep that promise.
Time table was full on physical training, law, tactical training, firearms training and theory about NCSI and Marine law and everything else they needed to know. But still it was pretty dry.
On her second night there EJ went to the woods and did her first smoke in 11 weeks. It felt good. She didn't get caught, so she kept on doing it on her secret place and smoking. Guess losing friends hit her harder than she had imagined.
But life goes on, training goes on. Everything is new again, but lessons are learned, so hopefully these are not repeated.