“Has all the bells and whistles, just a crappy radio. But free gas and insurance and no car payments. Best of all, it’s dry as long as it isn’t ...aining.” Tapping on the canvas. “Lowest bidder for after market tops and it shows.” Glancing at me after she backed out of the drive. “I won’t bite, you can relax.”Ronnie was going to drive me crazy with her manic attitude. I tried to relax.“How about directions to the bookstore and everywhere else. Is there a mall in town?”“Clarkston has one, its. Likes you’ he replied trying to catch a bowl slipping off the edge of the able but failing miserably, or was that just an accident on purpose because she saw he was very engrossed down there. ‘Good job the bowl was not earthenware, Mario otherwise it would have broken into so many pieces.’ ‘You will have to spread your feet so I can get to it,’ he said Then it occurred to her, why he was taking so long to pick up the bowl, she looked down again and saw that he almost had his tongue out – he was. We should have known better. The same lesson had been learned at Hazard with the computer production. Two years hadn't been sufficient to create the manufacturing capacity we needed even with all the automation. We were still barely able to keep up with the orders.While the advances we had made in building and manufacturing techniques were substantial, they weren't enough. It was time to slow down on expansion and stabilize production.We needed more manpower, too. That was the initial reason. At recess that day, I was back to my usual routine, which involvedbiding my time and waiting for the bell. It was boring, but I had anewfound focus and confidence since receiving the shot from Tracy."Kaylee! You want to play with us?" Ava waved at me, beckoning toward agaggle of giggling danger. I wasn't sure what they were doing, but Ididn't want a setback, so I quickly shook my head."How come?" Ava looked surprised. Although to her, I suppose we werefriends. I didn't consider her that way,.