"She watched as Brian nervously walked into the beauty salon, thenchuckled at how far her prank had gone. As she pulled away, she tossed apiece of pap...er out the window. Some prescription from the doctor,something about a cure for Brian's condition. No thanks.*Tammi returned after a few hours, having dumped most of Brian'spossessions off at Goodwill. When the tall, buxom woman approached her,she had to do a double take. Brian looked gorgeous.He was wearing a green, low cut blouse that showed off. Catherine had the knack of getting Cassie to tell her whole story, and made no comment, but accepted everything. She took Cassie to see the sights, and to meet some of her friends.Cassie asked her about her songs, and Catherine played her some, and sang some for her. She asked Cassie for her poems and was clearly moved by many of them, recognising those that Ged had set to music."Cassie," she told her, "We'll work on Ged together. I'm on your side, kiddo. He doesn't deserve you. What's happened. After two months of trying to find some trace of evidence and not finding any I was forced to admit that I might just be wrong. I decided to take one last shot at finding out and if nothing happened I would accept the fact that I was a paranoid asshole. I decided to set up an opportunity for her and then be where I could observe.The simplest way to do it was to set up a phony three day business trip. That would leave Belinda with plenty of free time on her hands and I would make sure that I was. I look over at Dan 1.0 and Wally. Wally’s smiling. I sidle over. Kathy’s head swivels, still watching the airplane, until we get close to Dan and Wally, then she goes into ‘cute baby’ mode, grinning toothlessly.“I thought you’d be all traumatized over this,” I said.“Kinda like watching my own fledgling leave the nest. She’s on the payroll. Dollar a week. Ag pilot.”“Oh, lord,” I said. “Another line on an already horrible curriculum vitae. Her head’s gonna swell.”Dan just smiled.Another touch and.