“And Cord knew.”“All the Phi Theta Rho guys know us. Cookie. We met Bridget at the fraternity house, so she knew.”“So, which of you really g...ot the job as our home schoolmarm?”Sam raised one hand slightly, “That’d be me. Savvy is going to go work in the finance department at Knightsbridge Manufacturing. She accepted the job offer letter yesterday.”Dave rolled his eyes again. He asked Savvy, “Do you know that all sorts of KM people live here, including most of the leaders in the finance. I came back into the bedroom and picked up a magazine, ostentatiously to read, actually to mislead the ops watching, while I tried to think of a solution to the dilemma. Shorting the video circuit was out - especially when I wasn't supposed to have any idea I was being watched. I could take Rebacca out for a walk, explain the situation - but one doesn't walk at night in Manhattan. Not even operatives like us.The only way I could think was to actually 'consummate' our 'marriage.' And I had a. Maybe...what if I asked Susan to come back? Maybetogether we can find out what's going on, and why you feel this way." Me? Susan? Mom, I...what I mean is..." It will be different having two women in the house, and your father willhave to adjust, but how can we ever understand what's going on, and maybeeven help you understand, unless we see Susan every day?" Maryann's mom says that you always wanted a daughter. Is that whyyou..." That's insulting! It's true that I always wanted a daughter, you. Ishied like a deer when a good-looking guy scanned my assets, and Ilacked the awareness, the mindset of the other waitresses. I didn'thave the answers for come-ons; I must have left some guys thinking thatI was a disturbed lesbian -- or had all the charm of a dead fish.But I learned. These were guys. They weren't a mystery. It was a matterof appreciating them for who they were from a woman's point of view. IfI were really free, without a tracker buried under my cheek and afianc? of questionable.
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