Here she was enjoying a beautiful late June day, laying out on her back patio, soaking up the hot rays of late morning sunlight. Through her sunglasse..., she was watching intently her girlfriend, Kaci swimming around in the pool. Because of the social complications, Kaci hadn't ever planned on swimming again, but there she was, loving every second of it.And it would all come to a crashing end after lunch, when her mom and her would get on a plane and fly to D.C., for a business meeting her mom. Getting into Ryoji's office was the easy part. Bringing in the compactdiscs needed for the copying of files on the computer there and thentaking them back to his office, was the hard part for Tom. Tom decidedagainst bringing her purse or any other bag with her. It may have lookedstrange if she did.As soon as he got in the office, Tom pulled up the dress he had on.Taped to both his belly and back, were one compact disc each. Beforecoming to work that day, Tom had deliberately chosen a large. Well, they can’t always do that. They are programmed to jump to conclusions and protect their young. If you got frustrated and said, ‘We should switch to heavy metal,’ for example, they’d panic about how you were throwing away your career and then they’d be in touch with every heavy metal record producer in the country to get you a contract. It’s something we value and cherish about our mothers. They will move the earth to help and protect their young.”“Not to say we won’t rise to protect you. The freaky part was when I thought I was looking in a mirror until she moved and I stayed still. Only on Halloween could this happen.When Dwight slipped off to the bathroom, I got myself another drink. There were so many different costumes and several other Phantoms of the Opera, some with the half mask and a couple with a mask like Dwight’s. Then Jeremy showed up wearing what I assumed was Dwight’s devil costume, if you could call it that. Jeremy was in a red three piece suit with a black.