‘I guess having to repeat math twice was an adventure too.’ ‘Once! I only had to repeat it once.’ ‘My apologies.’ Hayato came over to join...them at their table. Usually it would be heavily populated with Sakura and Natsumi’s quasi-friends, gabby girls that they liked well enough but would probably never see after high school. But in the apocalyptic last few days of school they were all off preparing some last-minute assignment, so the table was empty save for the three of them. ‘Hey girls.. “Leave the boy alone, Susy.” Fred, who sat to Susy’s right, gave her a stern look. “He’s probably moping about some girl.” Fred turned his focus on Patrick. “That it, Pat? Some doll got you down?”Patrick nodded his head. Well, it was true. He adjusted his glasses and looked at his father. The man was tall, handsome, and confident. Girls had always chased Fred Lannit. Patrick happened to be the opposite of his father. What could he do about it?“Well, Pat.” Fred put down his fork and gave his son. Schmidt is a very important member of our organisation here in Hong Kong.”She nodded. She felt one of Mr. Schmidt´s hands slide up under her pullover. Fingers were toying with a shirt-button.“However...There is some delay with his wife´s visa...He is living here all alone at the moment...”“I see, Sir” she said slowly. The button was undone now and she felt warm fingers on her chest, between her small, firm breasts. “We will need a woman to...assist Mr. Schmidt until his wife gets here,”“I see,. Your mom will be here soon, too.”“Take care, Dad. And we’ll bring the grandkids to see you next month.”April 29, 1990, Chicago, Illinois“So?” I asked Ed as he packed his bag early on Sunday afternoon.“She hates your guts,” he said flatly.“Tell me something I didn’t already know,” I sighed. “No real surprise there. Did you make any headway with her?”“Not about you or your dad. I THINK I made some progress with relation to Jorge. She admitted she shouldn’t have attacked him. She still blames him,.