A quick roll in the hay would be best for everyone. Well at least it would be best for me. The first thing that went wrong was I underestimated the ef...fect the December 29th over night cold would have on me. I was miserable in the thirty degree weather. Even if I was out in it for only half an hour.It was after midnight when the driver left the warm car to climb the stairs in order to escort his boss safely downstairs. While he climbed the stair, I moved into the shadows by the stairs. I saw the. FRIDAY 8:45 A. M. CST Suite 2122, 77 W. Jackson, Chicago, ILIt's name was Pandemonium and it's domain was anywhere The State Department could reach. The President was coming and the bureaucracy was going nuts trying to cross every "T" along with dotting every "I". His itinerary was pored over endlessly by group after group and as is usually the case in too many cooks, the soup was looking mighty sad.Finally the head of mission had reached the breaking point. After notifying everyone on staff. She smiled and whispered Paul was afraid alone, so I crawled into bed with him. I woke up once and Bill was in bed with you so I just hugged Paul and went back to sleep. I love you Mom and then she went to sleep beside me." Penny paused, "It looked so innocent I didn't know whether to say anything or not." That sounds innocent enough. I guess I wouldn't worry about it. She and Paul have been friends since she was nine, hasn't she Penny? What do you think, Ed?" Innocent enough this time. I have. The workstation screen filled with email and scheduling windows. He glanced through the news. Nothing much was happening in the world. Some college professor raising a stink about government hit squads, another miracle drug, some new social reform program. Same stuff, different day."Three more weeks 'till my ultimate humiliation." Guy Lostridge sighed as he pushed away from his workstation. Taking a pull from his coffee cup, he looked over his to-do list for the day but his mind kept wandering..