"Roger chuckled at Darlene's off-handed remark. Quickly, however, reality returned and his smile vanished."None of that matters," he muttered. "Rememb...ring—subjects remembering—does matter... big time. I will stay fucking worried until we can get the Smiths and the others back in here and deal with what they might remember from tonight." And you should fire fucking Johnny! Ok?"By all appearances, the following week was like every week in Ken Smith's life—routine, nothing different, nothing out. She paid them at least as much as they could earn as shop clerks. She knew she gave them an education that was enriching, both personally and monetarily.She rescued them from Newgate Prison upon their release for minor infractions. In passing by Old Bailey in the City she was happy to remember what her MP told her. Newgate would be closed and razed within the year completing the drastic change in the lives of her students.With money to spend as they pleased they often played with clothing,. I gave him a sanitized version of my acquisition of my hormone stash and assured him, somewhat inaccurately, that I had researched and was strictly following appropriate protocols. He was amazed at my ingenuity, but concerned."You could kill yourself with estrogen. You really need to be monitored. I'll find you a doctor through the Alliance." Not somebody from the Medical School." I confided my fears about coming out to the Registrar and the Scholarship people before I had an academic track. "Can we talk for a minute?" Sure..." I said. "You and me or you and them?" Ummm. You and me?"I took her hand and we walked a few feet away from Elizabeth and Linda."Mark," Barb said. "This isn't some reprieve for you. Not from me." What do you mean?" I asked."I mean that in the last few weeks I've fallen in love... and it isn't some platonic sisterly type love, either." Ahhh, uhhh," I said, practicing for my next public speaking engagement."I think you feel something for me, too," she said.I.