"What are you thinking?" asked David, curious."I think I'll leave that a secret, for now," she said.---They drove up the road to Palomar and presently... its familiar whitebuildings and slanting telescope enclosures came into view. They parkedand ran to the doors. David used a tire iron from the truck to forcethem open, since neither had a key and, oddly, the place still seemeddeserted.They ran up the steel staircase to one of the computer labs. Some ofthe power was still on and David was sure he. Bad news he wants us in his office at nine tomorrow. He's now the Principal," I said as I slipped past him.I made my way down the aisle and to my seat. Ashley was sitting to my right. She smiled and grabbed my right arm. "I love this," she said enthusiastically. I noticed that her coat was missing and her revealing dress was now visible. A few ladies sitting to our right were looking at her scornfully."Where's your coat?" I asked."We dropped them off at the coat room," Ashley said.I nodded to. Again, I really want your feedback because having enjoyed writing this. I’d like the next thing I write to benefit from that feedback. Hope you enjoy… It was a Thursday night a week before we were scheduled to move. I had gotten us a room at a local hotel and before going there we had had a nice dinner out, splitting a bottle of wine. This particular hotel was chosen because it looked fairly quiet. We had previously agreed to wait until after 11:00pm thinking that most of the. A year ago, I would never have guessed I could afford this, but for Dana I didn't think twice. Once again, the owner gave me a special discount to soften the blow. I think he figured out that I was going to be a regular customer over the coming years. He was a very smart man.I can remember a lot of happy Christmases in my youth. Our family was all together and it was a fun time. It had been a while since I had felt that way, probably because Tom and I had grown up and I had drifted away from.