On a Saturday? You have to travel tomorrow?" Her eyes spoke of the truth, in that I could see she really seemed relieved that I was going to be gone. ...he was even happy about it. More time for her lover perhaps."Yeah. It's going to be a long week. Job is behind and I have to go oversee the construction now."I was relieved that she seemed to be taking my huge lie as a truth and wasn't getting all angry as she used to. I knew enough to keep my answers short and simple ... no elaboration such as. It was all too much and he began to break down, he quickly covered his face with his hands and became to cry uncontrollably. It was only a few seconds before one of the clerks came over to him.“Hey, what’s up mate?” he asked politely, He knew he had to be patient so he didn’t hurry the boy.“I-I-I'm just so scared” Dan coughed out. “what of?” asked that clerk, he didn’t know about the situation, he had only just came in to start his shift.“T-Tt-Hat he won’t make it, itd be my fault too, he cant. I stood, walked out of my office and up the hall. The door said ‘Bruce Crandall, Engineering Supervisor’. It was open. Bruce is the guy who stepped in when Denny took retirement. I knocked lightly to get his attention. “Got a minute?”“Sure. What’s up?”“Probably bad news. This is all too much. I’m turning in my two weeks’ notice.”“Wow! You sure? I mean, take vacation. Hell, I’ll help you get a sabbatical. I don’t wanna lose you.”“How’s that sabbatical thing work here?”“No pay. You stay on the. “Hmmm… interesting!” she smiled wistfully, “Tell youwhat… if you let me try on some of these… I’ll doyour hair for you and you can tell me all about you andthis he or ‘she’ that’s coming round deal?”“Okay, it’s a deal!” I smiled.She immediately busied herself with getting my brushes,combs and hairspray from the dressing table drawer andasked me to turn round to face her. “Okay… now tell me all about.