Within seconds he heard the screaming, dropped his razor and ran to the door, flung it open and headed down the stairs two at a time as smoke wafted i...s way up the stairwell.There was more screaming, surely females, he would recall later on. But as he reached the ground floor a female student who was crying pointed toward the basement stairs. Without another thought, Mark headed down the stairs and into a dark cloud of billowing smoke. The concrete floor of the basement was strewn with red hot. "I have enough of the usual symptoms to make me pretty sure that I'm carrying Kenny's baby, but I haven't had an actual pregnancy test yet." Then I guess we'll start with that. Let me see your finger," George finished as he held out his hand. Mary tried not to flinch as George pricked his finger and let a drop of blood fall on the stick before he set it down on his desk. "While we're waiting for the result I can give you a quick checkup." Ok," Mary said hesitantly."Good," George said, "raise. And there is no pay for those rotations, even though I’m working as what amounts to a trainee doctor. Finally, I’m going to apply to be an RA for next year, which will let me save my room and board money.”“You’ll have enough to live on those last two years?”I nodded, “I’ve done very conservative calculations, and so long as I work as I’ve planned to, I’ll be fine. The money I’d save being an RA would give me a nice safety net. My big concern is my car lasting until I finished medical school,. I know you really like her."Well hell. I would never have thought of something like that. Sometimes it's good to have smart friends. Paul was that all right. I would do whatever he recommended there. I told him so and he said that it was settled."Now, why in the world would Sally take up with Phil Sutton? He's a prick and a jerk and he isn't half the man you are. What was her reason?" I don't know. I haven't asked her yet. I told you I hadn't talked to her yet. I intend to ask her tonight..