" It's fine." I said."Is twenty bucks an hour okay?"My eyes flew wide. Twenty bucks an hour? "Sure." I said, not even bothering to hide my surprise. "...hat's great."Okay then. "Kayly passed me a couple of twenties and I picked up my laptop bag, she paused in the doorway and I stopped."You've got my number right?"She nodded. "If I need anything else, I'll call. See you Tuesday." She reached out and put a hand on my shoulder, briefly before stepping back inside. I passed by her and down the steps,. It wasn’t that the photos revealed any lack of love and affection toward his wife and his child. It was that he looked so haunted and confused. Ada could not look at her son in this photo without the visage of the other photo, the photo she’d found on J. Harvey Kincaid’s nightstand, rising up out of the ether to float alongside it. And her heart stopped beating, if just for a second, each time she looked at one of the photographs of her son’s family. But then Ada would simply tuck the. He was a Republican that lived to close to the ocean, and the state was turning more liberal with each election. He had a good record, but had an 'R' next to his name. I donated to his campaign and wished them luck before Shawna, and I left. The week was over, and she wanted to go out on the town.We got home, and there was a message from Sophie to call her back.The receptionist put me through. Sophie said, "Britt, you're a naughty boy. The receptionist stayed in the doorway to see what was in. Right on top was a letter that began: “This is to confirm your completion of the two-year post-doctoral probationary appointment and to proffer a reposting as a research scientist/entomology at the Black Mountain, ACT, location.”I must have yelped, as several of my co-workers assembled to indulge their curiosity – and glean gossip fodder.“Moving to the big time, eh?” was repeated several times.Among the forms were items headed ‘Personnel,’ ‘Accounting,’ ‘Relocation,’ ‘Your Dependents,’.