Besides, even if I wanted to, I didn’t dare add him to my friend list where Mike might see it.One night, I was having coffee with an old friend and ...enny knew something was bothering me. After some gentle prodding and a lot of hemming and hawing, I finally broke down and laid it all out for her.After listening patiently to the whole story, she regarded me for a long moment with those piercing blue eyes. “I’m only surprised that it has taken this long to boil over. I’ve known both of you for a. Tomorrow is to be my last day at the White House until after New Years, unless there was an emergency. The following day was Christmas Eve. There were Christmas parties at the office and at Morton Field that I wanted to attend.I hated to do it but I needed my Christmas order picked up from the jewelry store. I couldn’t just go with twenty bodyguards so I asked Ed to go and pick up the things for me. I gave him my credit card to pay for them.I had ordered very expensive fancy necklaces and. ”“Oh! Maa!! How I like you to accompany me, but I thought” and I kept quiet. “What you thought?” she asked and said again, “Forget about past, now I hope I can accompany you.”“Yes. Maa today only we will go out somewhere. Spend the time and have dinner in a hotel and come back O.K.” As I said, she said, “All right, Kanna.” She went down to have a bath and get ready. I also hurried to the bathroom.After half an hour I went down in fine jeans and t-shirt in my mother’s room. As I entered in I was. "The worst part's over, sweetie, I'm really proud of you. Try to relax,it'll get easier" she told him.To Joel's surprise, he was grateful for her support, even though she hadput him in this position.He tried to take her advice, lying still, bathed in sweat, face coveredin tears, and let the pain wash over him. Tyrone stayed mercifully still,again letting Joel adjust to the invasion.Within minutes, the pain began to subside, and Joel began to regain alittle composure.Tyrone, sensing victory,.