"I do not want to risk missing the deadline." Surely you don't want your name appearing on any nasty reports sent to the Board, do you?" Laura said."I... think this is utterly stupid," said Terri. "Laura, this better not be some underhanded move to ... Laura? ... Laura!"Laura had walked away, and responded to Terri's tirade with a dismissive wave of her hand without turning around."Bitch," Terri muttered under her breath. She gave Seeger a sharp look and marched towards the auditorium. As I keep saying, we are talking about something that didn’t happen. Any acknowledgement might risk that something becoming a known event.”“I know. But as well as trying to apologise to you, I have been asked to give you this.”Cissy produced an envelope from the pocket of her uniform dress. It had a typewritten address to me, and was marked ‘In Confidence’ and ‘By Hand’.“What is it, Cissy?”“Open it, Roger. I don’t know what it says.” Inside was a stiff card with the ship’s crest. The captain. Her Mom had told her that it had a special taste, that many women enjoyed. Some so much that they had their partner shoot it in their mouths so they could taste it, AND swallow it. She had asked her mother, then if there was anything wrong about swallowing it. Her mom had replied that it was almost pure protein, and was really good for you That night she had asked her mother if she would help her get some birth control pills. They went early to the doctor, he checked her over, wrote a. ’ ‘What haven’t you done?’ I said. ‘You’ll see soon,’ he said with a smile, getting up and walking away. The next week, after graduation, I got a text from John, asking me what I planned to do that day. After telling him I had nothing planned, he asked if I wanted to hang out. I said sure. We both agreed to go to the park down the street from my house, and hang out for a bit. I got ready, dressing in my tightest jeans and a low-cut tank top. When I first saw him, I ran up to hug him because I.