"Pretty slow" he replied, "slow enough I was able to sleep a couple hours". "want some breakfast babe?" in a bit" he said. "i'm going to go check on...the plants." We had some herb growing in the other bedroom and he went in there to go look in on them. I got an idea as he left and got out of bed. I put on his favorite set of my lingerie (I usually sleep naked or with just a shirt). I went into the other bedroom and he was busy checking the plants and watering them. "How are they looking? . " You should think of politics, Patrick." Seriously?" Yes. I looked at the qualifications for Council the other day. We both qualify: we're over 18, citizens and have lived here for over a year." You run, then." No, I'm not the type. I'd never successfully stand at a lectern or on a soapbox and speak to a group. You could do that." Maybe in '16." Why '16?" Think about it ... If I'm lucky, I'll be qualified and have passed the bar exams by the 2016 elections. If we don't move house too much, I. “May I sit in here?”“Certainly, dear. We’ll be finished shortly.”‘Here it comes’, I thought. I followed Mom to my bedroom. Was surprised to see my bed covered with folded stacks of my clothes and a pile of clothes on hangers.“I thought I would make this as easy for you as I can, Deena.”“Thanks, Mom.”“I don’t think you’re right about Harv...”“Mooo-oommm,” I said. “Let’s not get into it again.”She took a deep breath, a move I’ve known all my life as her way of keeping her mouth from blurting out. "I'm gonna remember that one!"I escorted her to the front door, where she took out her own key and opened the door without further delay. "Enjoyed it," she said, and promptly disappeared inside.Juniper Jones might be a good five inches taller than I was, but at that moment, I had sprouted a firm additional seven.The Equalizer.I carefully put her phone number note into my wallet where it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle with my grocery list and odd purchase receipts. I was most definitely going.