Vivienne's eyes lit up at the sight of the exquisite fire engine. Tom sat her on his lap so she could see better and just as he started to explain thi...ngs to her, Mary came in with her sister Marjorie and two more of her lady friends. It was obvious they expected Tom and Vivienne still to be downstairs and the two women looked with some disgust at bearded and black eyed Tom clasping the deformed girl sitting on his knee with one hand and pointing to the funny if rather elegant looking thing on. ”Brock suddenly was on edge, something that didn’t go unnoticed by Melanie who had her head on his shoulder.“It’s nothing bad,” she said with a laugh. “At least I don’t think so. I want you to think about how much you would charge me to rent a room from you here next semester. Don’t say anything right now. Just think about that question and that question alone. Don’t worry about any other questions that I know you have. Deal?”Brock chuckled to himself. That was easier said than done.“I plan to. . I mean he said.. I mean, I didn't know what I was meant to call the person in front of me! What I do know is that I was more embarrassed than I had ever been before in my life."Look," said George, I'm a crossdresser, a lot of us come here to buy clothes, we like the selection. Come to think of it, I've never seen you here, are you new?"I found my voice and while George was talking, had managed to regain some of my composure. "I have been seconded from the menswear department." Well. After a long, protracted discussion, he was let known that he will be given a performance rating of a measly 3.1 on 5.0. The key reasons were that the application he was handling wasnt crucial enough and that there were seniors in the project who deserved a chance at a good rating. And since the company followed a bell curve system, someone had to take the fall. Kurt excused himself from the meeting and headed to his desktop to compose his resignation, but ended up deciding to have a coffee to.