“As she was leaving this afternoon,” she murmured sleepily, “Bella told me that she had also found the other album, and that she has been mastur...ating while looking at the pictures. She said that she found it so arousing to imagine herself making love to an older man, and that she would really like it to be you, as long as I didn't object.”“Oh, and what did you say,” I replied.“I told her that I had no objections at all, and that if she liked I would take some photographs. I am quite competent. "I was saved from Paula and Robbie's comebacks by the bell for our next class.I watched Robbie walk away with relief."Think it's no football?" Tami asked, reading my mind."That's part of it." There'd been no football practice Tuesday or yesterday because of the rain. We couldn't even use the gym because of other activities. "She's just been a..." I stopped before calling my best friend a bitch."Totally," Tami agreed. "She barely ate anything at lunch. Maybe she's just hungry."I couldn't blame. "She's playing PASsport on the living roomset." You're kidding."Jazz shook her head. "Be careful who you catfish. Oh. I want to showyou something. Real quick." She touched his specs.An overlay appeared. A road, the dashboard of a car. Hands."That's Joi's view," Jazz said."She's going to Riverside?" He could hear music. She was playing theradio. K-pop.Jazz shrugged. "See the little red circle? It jumps around a lot?" Yah." That's where she's looking. Not only can she see what's in view fromyour. Not what she had hoped,but not what she had quite feared either. The axe had not fallen yet.The waitress returned with the change and a quietly spoken, 'It'll workout, hon. You'll see.' She left the few dollars sitting on the tray as she nodded with a quiet'thank you' and left, following Sam's footsteps until turning for thecar. Still a chance she thought with a small smile. 'Still in with achance. Oh Sam please come home.' Her thoughts drifted to work tomorrowand an imagined conversation on.