"I'm... I just miss having someone to talk to, I guess," she said after a moment, settling the rest of the way onto the seat. "My Dad's great if I nee... something, but I can't really talk to him about most things. His answer to just about anything that's troubling you is 'talk to your priest' or 'pray on it.'" What about Bri and Elspeth? Or Lorraine? Or even Corrine?" It's not the same," she said. "They'd all lend an ear and sympathise, but... I just want to talk to my Mum, I guess." Does. You waking me up at 3 a.m. from pounding on that ridiculous thing."I shrugged. "Sorry. Can't be helped. I gotta do all this totally pointless busy work so that the new principal can show off about 'higher standards.' New broom sweeps clean. What a jerk."That surprised my uncle. "Such fatalism from the Robin Hood of Brooksville High," he said, walking into my room and sitting on the bed. "I thought you were the self-appointed fair deal sheriff down there. What happened to your confidence,. "Ally thought about it for a moment and then shook her head. "No need."Cathleen shrugged her shoulders. "Okay. By the way, I have names and addresses of the subscribers for this event. These idiots never bothered to encrypt their data. There's a schedule of events here. I even have credit card numbers if you want them! They'll just assume that there was a power outage." Great job. Maggie is in MCU#1, call her with the data and we'll have the police pick up the trash!"Maggie was Steve's wife and. .no what was he thinking? Was all that went through Naomi's flustered mind.? ?No, I think not.? You seemed to be having a nice t?te-?-t?te Iwon't disturb you.?? Paul smiled, ?I thatcase I think we will be going.? Drinkup.? He looked at Naomi.? Hurriedly shedrank down her drink and stood.? ?Have agood night.?? Angela touched Naomi on theshoulder.? ?Don't do anything I wouldn'tdo.? I will see you on Monday.? Her eyestwinkled.? It was all Naomi could do, tonod, as she followed Paul towards the.