" I will phone around lunch time and make sure," Kenny told her with a grin. He obviously took this statement as some kind of confirmation that my mot...er really was accepting the situation.When we got into town mum stopped at one of the small exclusive little tearooms we often frequented rather than one of the big chains like Starbuck or Costa's. We found the table in the bay window was free and mum led me to it. When the waitress had taken our orders she turned to me with an enquiring look."So. ‘Okay, okay, John. Take it easy. I’m going,’ she said staring at him as if he was the Devil. ‘Why do we even have to go to this function? After the boring time that I had last year, I swore I’d never attend another one.’ ‘Because the President of the company, who is also the chairman of the board, someone who I’ve never seen before, until last year’s party, and will never see again, after tonight, until next year’s party, sent his private, executive secretary to my desk to personally invite. "Look at me," she said to her son.Jeff raised his head."Mom, look," he said. "I don't know what you're thinking, but, you know, it's onlynatural. You know what I mean. I mean, I'm not a k** anymore. I'm growing up. And Ihave certain needs, you know? I mean, things build up. You know, pressure? It getsto the boiling point, and you have to relieve yourself. All the guys do it. It's not likewe're doing anything wrong, you know?"Dianne raised her eyebrows and let her top leg slide back, her. If I think you're doing a sloppy job, that's grounds for firing. But I'm not going to do that. I'm just downgrading you both to scripters." You mean you don't want us to do anything but write the copy that someone else's already put together?" Just pretty it up, keep the grammar close to conversational and that's all. And I don't have to pay you those inflated salaries this way, either. You're both on minimum wage again." But..."Velvet's protest fell on deaf ears. The man had gone off,.