For the tour back to town, I found a seat at the very rear of the bus. I had just prepared to settle in for a nap, when someone sat on the seat next t... mine and poked me in the side."Hey, sleepyhead", a familiar voice said, "it's not yet time to stop partying."I opened my eyes and, yes!, there was Karen sitting very close to me. My heart immediately started to pound; there had to be a reason for her to sit here, there were a lot of empty seats elsewhere.I sat up and we started to chat and make. "I thought you'd like my idea. Maybe you better get some of those pills they advertise so much, huh?" she told me and I thought it wasn't such a bad idea and I did get some the next week.Now suitably prepared for two college coeds to visit for a week, I spent some time each night on a video call with Jenn including one evening when, with me naked on one end and her on the other, she had her friend Jan step in front of the webcam and introduced her."Here's Jan, Dad. Thought you might want to. So much for not teasing: this whole thing was a game for Mr Pringle.I knew I could end this whole thing by just giving her a call, but for now I would play along.The first post read as follows: She just went outside for a cigarette with Leon. I don't think anything happened.Then another post, immediately after: She just told us she's married (as if the ring doesn't give it away). Didn't say much more about it. Leon played it cool. He still think there's a chance, I can tell.I let out a long,. ”“A smear piece?” Geoff Granger asked rhetorically. “She’s weathered those before with our help.”“Yes, sir,” I answered. “But employees of your label have never been confirmed as the source of the material before.”I was greeted with silence for a long moment. Liz and I were content to let the man parse the information on his own.“You said ‘confirmed’?” he asked.“Yes, Mr. Granger,” Liz said.I heard the man release his breath over the phone.“Who?” he asked in a voice that was no longer jovial or.