Mom sat down on the bed beside me and put her arm around me. "What'swrong?" she asked. "I thought you'd be happier. I thought you likedKen." I do l...ke him, or at least the part of me that's important likes him.He's a good man and he has a good job, and his kids are great..." But what?" Mom asked.I shook my head and trimmed the ash from my cigarette. "I don't know,Mom. Its not something I can easily put into words." Or maybe you can, but you don't want to, because you're having. I didn’t wait for a reaction, I just turned around, unfastened my cut-offs, and started working them over my hips. Next I peeled my panties down and remained bent over to unfasten my shoes. “Last one in’s a sissy!” I couldn’t resist the temptation to peek at him between my legs. He had turned his back and was actually unbuckling his belt! “Go ahead. I’ll be right behind you.” Well, to make a long story short, I ran in and Jamie did follow a few moments later. Wearing his Jockey shorts. He. "I think we can put your talents to a much better use." How so?" I was thinking about a promotion." A promotion?" I was genuinely surprised that he was offering me apromotion."Yes, I want you to finish training Stanley, without Paige over yourshoulder. You're going to be answering directly to me while I figureout what to do with her." She's not going to be around," I asked, feigning ignorance."No, she's going back to corporate immediately," Harvey replied, unableto conceal how much he detested. And I had to admit that I was enjoying the classes and learning more than I had my last year of chemistry. Rose had determined that she would return to school, possibly in the fall, to get her MBA with a focus on media management. We mght be in some of the same classes.The biggest problem we had was programming. Since we'd consolidated Chick Chat and Young Cooking last year, we had only one daily program. Granted, it was a full hour, but it seriously cut the revenue stream. Redress ran weekly.