I handed Lisa the book and slid down safely. She dropped the book and her purse before sliding awkwardly down. I caught her and we ran for the car. I ...idn’t feel safe until we were blocks away with no signs of pursuit. ‘That was too close,’ I said. ‘I somehow don’t see them being very forgiving of our taking the evidence.’ ‘Shit,’ she said. ‘We shouldn’t have taken it but what the hell were they doing waiting so long? They should have looked everything over on Saturday. There should never have. " "Oh, yeah? And how is good ol' Bob?" He's just fine, he says to say hello and he'd love to sleep with you." Did you tell him about that!?" Yes." Oh, my god! What did you say to him?" So I told her about my conversation with Bob, and by the time I was done, she was looking quite awake and rather amused by the whole prospect. We talked awhile longer, about her trip, about how the kids and grandkids were doing, the drive there and back, more about the Bob thing, and she said yes, she was. I took my scores to see the Superintendent. It didn’t take much to convince him it would benefit the district to grant me a diploma, not just a GED.I called Carla to let her know I wouldn’t be at school any more. Carla said she had been honest with her dad about having a crush on Eric, and he had started letting her come to work with him, where she formally met Eric, with her dad’s approval. They had gone on several successful dates. Eric treated her like an adult, not a stupid kid. Carla. We stopped at Francesca's out of habit and I could see thelook in Jenny's eyes that she had found something she wanted to buy forherself. When I warned her that Christmas was a week away, she got alittle pouty. "I suppose I could buy it for you then I could borrow it,"she teased me. I was kind of glad that she had, because I was stilllooking for few gifts for her. I made a mental note to try and sneakaway this week. We continued to look around a bit and found a fewthings for my mom, Jenny's.