No degree and her only professional work experience no longer in demand. Her old friends couldn’t help because they had also been laid off. So she w...ent from professional work with a salary in the high 80’s to a retail salesperson making, at best, $20,000 a year.She drifted along until she met a man who came into her store. He started flirting with her almost immediately and before she knew it, she had a date with him that night. He took control almost immediately, seeming to know she liked. “What happened to the Merc?”“Mr Clark hires that sometimes for clients.”“How comes Melissa couldn’t come?”He carried on driving, not answering my question. The rest of the journey we were both quiet, not a single word spoken. When we got to the café, it was larger than I thought. Two shops as one, it was a restaurant, with modern fittings, not more than a couple of years old.“Randolph, give me a heads up of what is going on?”“Last night, after you dropped off Mrs Jenkins, Jennifer was furious. "Why do I have to sit in a carseat? Isn't that for Miley?" Penny puts her hands on her hips and tapsher high heels impatiently. "Where did the car seat come from also?" Enough, just get in." I climb into the baby car seat and Miley pushesthe front over and Penny secures me in. "The next door neighbor came overand put it in the back seat for you."I look at Penny and she is talking about my archrival and enemy the next-door neighbor jock. "He called while you were in the shower and we were,you. .all this, I planned, after she had left! My, how things sowell planned can go so wrong!I finished the afternoon of work and left my cubicle at 4:30 to go home.The trip by bus and the three block walk home from the bus stop wentwithout incident. I entered my apartment, got a coke out of the fridge,and turned on my computer to check if I had any email. Ann had sent me anote telling me to activate my web cam at 5:55 and be ready to replace mytampon with everything ready for her to supervise my.