"Craig! Honey, I'm home! Are you here?" she called out.But she got no answer. She went into the kitchen and that when she saw the note taped to the re...frigerator door:Mom,I got a date with Julie tonight. We are going to the movies and then out to dinner. It was a last-minute thing, she called me only about twenty minutes ago. I don't know when I'll be home but it might be late. Hope you had a good day at work, and I'll talk to you later or tomorrow if I get in and you're already in bed. . "The ladies whined "I can't miss out on my family!", "Stuck on Christmas? That's just great!", "I'd rather kill myself than spend Christmas without my boyfriend!" and the like. Suzanne held her hands up, asking for silence. After the crowd quieted down, she continued."Fortunately, the phone, electric, gas, and water lines still work. We just won't be able to leave the building. The Campus Student Association was prepared for the possibility of a snow-out, and we decided to hold a little. Blacks, Asians, Hispanics and Middle-Easterners are sending their sons and daughters to great colleges, including previously all-white Ivy League schools like Harvard, MIT and Yale. In fact, there are many Asian students at MIT. Black professors and Black students at Harvard have made their presence felt. People of color in America are producing the CEOs, Power Brokers and Political Big-Shots of Tomorrow. We’re buying up foreclosed houses in previously lily-white suburbs and diversifying. “So whats his name?” I asked.“Ezra something or other,” she said.“How will we recognize him in a busy restaurant?” I also asked.“I don’t know, and no I don’t know how he will recognize us either. I fucked up and I’m sorry,” she said.“Don’t make the same mistake again,” I said.“Believe me I won’t,” she said.“Good,” I agreed.“Let’s go to the halfway house where Jaybird was staying. We have time to interview the manager,” I suggested.The manager was a grouchy old man who didn’t alike attractive.