." This is Kelly," Professor Manichev says, introducing us. "KellyMarshall." Kelly Marshall?" Professor Cambridge is looking at me through narroweyes.... He's partly balding and a bit greasy, like he forgot to wash hishair yesterday. He's always had an officious attitude that gets on mynerves in class. "But I have a Marshall Kelly in my class--"He stops short.Please no... I pray... please no... no no no..."Marshall, is that you??" He asks, much too loudly."Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag. ‘No. She’s a friend of Sergio’s, he let her in. Oh shit! I almost forgot about Sergio. Look in the desk drawer, I saw some envelopes with the ships stationary.’ Laurie opened the drawer and took out an envelope bringing it over to me. ‘I didn’t think about this until now. We should have discussed this sooner. How was the steward in your room? Did you leave a tip?’ ‘I left fifty bucks. I don’t know the etiquette. Is that OK?’ She asked. ‘Personally I go on the high end. Sergio when above and. We were treated like royalty and I even had a glass of wine. Kate declined. I don’t think they would have carded her. Clarice had told us we had an anonymous investor in our project. He was paying all expenses, first class everything, and for having the printing done. In return, he would receive print number one of each of our works. Clarice handed us a VISA cash card each and told us that we were to cover all our expenses with the card, including getting cash for tips and incidentals and. She could feel herself losing it again and didn’t want to break down in front of Gary so she excused herself saying she had to run. Tammy came down to say good-bye and could sense the emotions her mother was going through. She kissed her mother on the cheek. “I love you, mom,” she said. “I love you too, honey.” She looked at Gary and thanked him for the dinner and a wonderful evening, then left for her small apartment where she could let loose and cry until she couldn’t produce any more tears..