Friday finally came, and Jamie rode home with her on the bus. After dinner they sat and chatted with Arlene’s mom as she got ready for work. When sh... left, she said, “Okay, remember to be safe. No guests, no wild parties, no running around.” They nodded and she continued, “It’s Friday night so work will be hell. I’ll probably get in before dawn, but we’ll see.” She kissed them both good night and drove off. They did the homework they needed to do first quickly and then sat on the bed chatting.. Why don't you look up permanents in the encyclopedia?"I got out the P volume of our old encyclopedia. There it was "Permanent Wave," right between "Permafrost" and "Perry, Admiral."It said it was a treatment for the hair of girls and women, designed to "impart waves or curls." There was a small picture of a woman sitting in a chair with heavy wires attached to her head. The wires went up to some kind of machine. The woman in the picture wasn't smiling. The picture caption said that the. I know we were out of line. It kind of started as a joke, or more like a dare, but one thing lead to another and when your wife opened the door naked ... Well, things just took off from there. We shouldn’t have done it and we can’t take it back, all we can do is apologize.”Tomkins snorted. Greg shot him a look that should have killed him, but the bastard was too stupid to realize that Greg was pissed.I poured beer into the two empty mugs and slid them across the table. Both took big gulps.“I. "Look, how about you go through to the prep room with Amy, and get ready, and then come to me in my office and I'll tell you what it's all about."Laura was far from reassured, but Amy was already leading Laura to the door at the back of the reception, and Laura didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the cute blonde girl, so she allowed herself to be led away. She saw Dr Windred and Royce heading for another door, and then she was out of reception and in a hallway.The hallway further.