Burkle continues toward the bathroom, her need quite urgent.She was mortified and her crying could be heard in the dining room.The reaction to the ins...ensitivity on Cordelia’s remarks and laughter was immediate.Fred spoke first and it was apparent she was trying to keep from boiling over.?Angel would you please take Giles and my father down to the office lobby.?Fred’s father livid with red faced anger. ?I tell you missy if you were my daughter, I’d put you over my knee and bust your bottom. “No, but that’s not the issue, and you know it. Come to my study, please.”“You’re wasting your time.”“No, I don’t think so. Hear me out, then I’ll go to work.”“Fine,” she sighed.We went to my study and I shut the door.“You don’t have to wreck our relationship, Babe. You just need to tell me what you need, or rather, what you don’t need.”“What are you talking about?”“I think Kara and I might be smothering you. This goes back to our ‘lovey-dovey’ conversation. And back to what you told me about. The branch I work in three days a week, is a small affair with about eight staff including me. I'm the oldest member of staff there. The branch manager is Mr. Brian Dodd, sometimes referred to unkindly, Mr. Dodd as brain dead or Ken. Mr. Dodd is just under forty and seems too preoccupied with my breasts. He's one of those blokes who talk to your chest, not so surprising, as lately I have been shamelessly displaying a lot of cleavage. He's married to a, dowdy flat chested woman called Daphne,. What he wanted was someone like Bree. While that was obvious to most everyone who knew him, for Zach it was an epiphany. He knew Shannon missed Bree and he admitted to himself that he did too. He needed to decide on how to handle his confusing, and often frustrating relationship with her.He also needed to figure out what to do about his mother. Shannon needed a good female influence in her life and Allie, even with her faults, was one of the best role models he knew.A couple of weeks later,.