She drank it out in just one gulp. She went to the bathroom and stoodin front of the mirror.A pretty, flawless face was staring back at her. Teri ha... a face thatlooked like she was always wearing make-up even though she wasn't. Highcheekbones, thick eyebrows, thick eyelashes, a small innocent lip and aprominent nose adorned her visage. All of these features was framed bycascading honey blonde tresses.She ran her fingers on her hair and tied it up in tight ponytail. Sheshook her head several. "Just a few minutes. Please?" I guess," I sighed. If a few minutes would get her to leave me alone, I could spare it."Kev, could you?" Whitney looked at Kevin who shrugged."Let me go see if I can find our waitress," he said as he scooted out of the booth.Whitney slid into his spot and set her purse on the table."So what do you want?" I stared across at her as I nervously slid my empty glass back and forth between my hands."I wanted to know if you were still angry with me, but I guess that's. The developer spoke, "One of the thermostats failed and boiling watermelted the header tank. This soaked through the ceiling. All thethermostats have been replaced and the ceilings are being redone. Allthe apartments come with the standard warranty. We had hoped to get therepairs done before any prospective client ever saw the damage. Ourdecorators were actually in here when it happened and so the damage wasminimal. I suppose you will not be interested in purchasing these now?"Ulrig looked. . I don't know ... like there's a better way." Well, I'm sure that when the time comes, you will do the right thing." Concluded Phillip in a tone that told me the discussion was over and the day's lesson was to be continued.I just hoped that when the time came, I would know what the right thing was.The second week of December found Samantha and I sitting in my family room talking and I was ready to resume project Samantha.In one sense I already had. As my final exam in 'command and control' I.