Ab usne apni chuni ko aapne sir par bandh kar mere samne aur jyada jhuk kar pocha lagane lagi, yeh kaam karib do din tak chalta gaya, ek din maine usk... bola ki record room ki safai karni ha toh woh muzhe kahne lagi kahan se karun aap hi bata do, maine use sath liya aur record room ki taraf le gaya, us din hamare ek peon bhi chuti par tha, aur dusara baki staff ko pani and tea pilane main hi busy rahata tha, main uske sath record room mai chala gaya, offce ke kisi bhi staff ka dhayan meri taraf. The Monday following the bazaar, Phil drove out to his parents’ house alone to visit with them. He had something important to discuss with his mother.“I haven’t asked you for a favor recently, have I?” he asked.“I don’t think so,” Beth answered warily. “Am I to assume you would like me to do something I won’t like?”“Maybe,” Phil admitted. “It’s not for me; well, not entirely for me. I thought Hailey should have a little ‘vacation’ in her summer vacation. I was hoping that I could convince you. I picked it up. Thecheck was for at least half of what they owed us. It wasa very good start. “I called them and pretended to be alawyer.”“Hannah!” I said, my voice getting animated. “You can’tdo that.We’ll get in trouble.”“But I got the check…” she protested.“I’m glad,” I said, “just don’t pretend to be a lawyeragain. Okay?”“Okay.”Hannah left and so I averted a future lawsuit. She almost had a good mind to tell him! She wondered how she could have mothered a son who would turn into such a prude! With her daughter Tricia, she could always blame the fact that she was a "father's girl"... but what was to account for Jamie having turned out the way he did? He was married to that gorgeous redhead but they hardly seemed happy together... what was wrong?Carrie's astute eye took in the peculiar way her son was holding the magazine across his lap. Instantly, she remembered.