” Karen shook her hand and the two exchanged the typical pleasantries: family, weather, Karen’s compacted college career thus far. The kind of dul... shit you don’t want to read about.“So what’s this job like?” Karen asked cautiously. “Oh, it’s not too much. You just help them with whatever they need. We aren’t too far from the hospital and we have a car here, so in case one of them starts to hatch, you just drive them over. Of course, their families usually take them over to the hospital when. ‘Has Mr. Leif asked for his robes yet Sir Glen? I’ll give them to him now. He seems anxious for your job.’ Leif stepped back, eyeing Sir Colin suspiciously. ‘Mr. Leif has his own decision to make up when it comes to his robes. I expect in due time that he will make his choice.’ Sir Colin reached for the ledger from Lord Xavier and traced the carefully penned information with a thin finger. ‘It says here boy that you’ve been entitled to your robes since Sir Glen appointed you five years ago.’. I went see the quack with Yvette. I told Alex to wait in the lobby.He shook my hand, "Thank you for joining us, Peter." Alex is outside," Yvette said pointedly, frowning. "He really should be here."The quack looked at me in askance. "I wanted him nearby in case this did involve him."He nodded, "Yvette, I think you will have to accept that that is Peter's decision to make. Not yours and not Alex's."He shocked us both with that one. We sat. We talked. The surprises continued for me."Peter, I. “Sit down and tell me about your summer,” Mrs. Harper said as she put some ice in a glass. “It has been okay but it will soon be over,” Josh said as Mrs. Harper handed him the glass. Josh took a long drink as he sent a thought to her, “Mrs. Harper, you suddenly find me very attractive.” Jane Harper was a normal woman. She and her husband John had a mostly good sex life but with the baby it had decreased. Jane did not have the drive she once had and was surprised at sudden excitement that this.