? The woman put herlunchbox on a shelf in the refrigerator and her gallon cooler jug on top of theappliance.? Then she left the breakroom,continued do...wn the hall, and punched in at the time clock, ten minutes early.Earl Swindell, day shift supervisor, was stridingpast and stopped when he saw her.?Sally,? he said.??You?re going to be mopping again today.?I want you to start at the far end of the barn,? he gestured with hishands as he talked, making sure she understood, ?and work your way back. " Later or in a few days," she pulled up her thong and raced to the bathroom to clean up. She would have preferred to just leave it in there and feel his sperm squiggle inside her for the rest of the day. Menopause eliminated the fact that she couldn't become pregnant.The phone rang. Gabrielle pushed the wall device to answer it."I need you," President Thompson said seriously."I'm on the way, Mr. President," she replied, fixing her hair. "I've got to go," she called to her husband. "The boss. It is one only the very best are able to belong to, because you have to be among the very best to think your way into the club and jump through the hoops they set for would be entrants. I actually belong to a club like that." What?" David asked rather indignantly. "Are you one of those people who break into computers and damage them just to show how clever you are?"No I am not," I told him, "but I can break into almost any computer anywhere in the world, no matter how secure their systems. I. " Tommy wait."I turned without stopping and said angrily, "I did mum, I waited two years."That was unfair and I knew it was even as I spoke the words.In an awkward silence we got back into the car, my initial reaction to what she'd said had come from my gut or even my heart, but I'd had time to think about it during the walk to the car.Dumping the bags in the back, I turned to her."Mum?" I didn't deserve that Tommy."I looked at the tears in her eyes again, she was hurting, I could see that, but.