Chapter 3
"We hope you've enjoyed your flight. Thank you for flying American Airlines, have a nice day."
Yeah he'd have a nice day alright, once he got the circulation back in his ass. He grabbed his bag from overhead and started out the plane. Once inside the building, he headed over and gathered his bags and looked around. Ok, where was he supposed to be meeting the people? He looked down at the paper. Someone with a sign? A sign? He looked around for a sign and then he saw it.
A young man was standing off to the side, holding a sign that read: Torchbearers Meet Here. Howie made his way over; there was already a small crowd forming. There were eighty-two people who were supposed to be carrying the torch through Central Florida, but they were arriving at different times. Apparently they were dividing the eighty-two people up into groups.
Howie set his bags down, looking around at everyone. His gaze wandered forward as the man standing in front called for their attention.
"Hello, my name is Trevor Stanton, personal assistant to Jordan Fairview. I'm gonna start to take attendance, it looks like most everyone is here, after that we'll go over what happens next and get you all settled into the hotel. When you hear your name, please signal with "here" and raise your hand. Atkins?"
His mind wandered. He was finally here in Utah; he was taking the first step of what would be one of the most monumental moments in his life.
"Dorough?"
How many people in their lives can say they did that? How many people can say they've done have the things he had? He was very lucky.
"Dorough? Is there a mister Howard Dorough here?"
Howie's attention flew back towards the man and he quickly raised his hand. "Here! Sorry."
Trevor stared at him distastefully. Howie felt himself blush and quickly busied himself with something on his shirt. Trevor shook his head and continued.
Ten minutes later, everyone was ready and accounted for when Trevor started to speak again.
"Ok now that everyone's checked we can start. As I said before I'm Trevor Stanton and I'll be escorting you to the hotel. You all have a room reserved, you just pay. There's a shuttle bus that will be taking us to the hotel and around for the various stops and different meetings. Any other traveling will require you to rent a car or find other means to get around. Once at the hotel, you'll be free to get settled and to go out and sightsee. Tomorrow morning at eight, I'll be taking you to meet Jordan. You must be ready by quarter to eight to board the buses."
There were mumbles of reluctant agreement before Trevor led them out the door and over to the buses. Jordan Fairview, he was kind of anxious to meet this guy for some reason, he didn't know why though. Gathering his bags once again, he followed the crowd.
