Chapter 2 As it turned out, I had classes scheduled only for the Thursday before the convention and I was able to schedule make-ups for all classes that day pretty easily. Our flight from San Diego to Seattle was just under three hours and Jack had been anxious to get there early, so we departed just after eight in the morning and arrived by eleven. Jack had chosen to wear his Space Heroes T-shirt that I had gifted to him at Christmas. Jack wasn’t quite the Sci-Fi geek I was, but he did have a thing for Space Heroes and, most especially, for Dee-Dee Cabot. Jack had prepaid for a photo-op with Dee-Dee. She’d be signing autographs in the vendor’s room as well, and Jack intended to visit her table. I hadn’t decided yet with whom I wanted to get photo-ops. I was pretty sure I wanted Derek—