The visits had gone well. But when the department head contactedhim afterwards, it had always been a prerecorded e-vid: ?Sorry - no job foryou.? ?Fuck...? Michael got up toleave. He had no place in mind. As he walked out through the door his terminalbinged with the sound of an incoming message. He stopped, looked at it, anddecided to go back. The screen came up withthe secure mail logo and prompted him for his security code. This was weird. Healmost never got secure mail. He entered his code and. Checking himself in a full-length mirror, then the make-upin a smaller, magnifying one, he was sure he could pass any quickscrutiny.Twenty minutes later, Bill, now Jennifer, Porter was driving through aquieter, somewhat seedy, side of town, consisting mostly of warehouses,weedy lots and empty stores, when he had a strong urging to turn up asmall, rather narrow, street. Halfway up the street, he could barely makeout what appeared to be the figure of an apparently lost child huddled bya. About twenty minutes Susan came out wearing a bath robe and sat down beside me on the couch and ask “what are you watching” “I don’t know just a movie that was on when I turned on the TV” “ it don’t look to bad” “no” we sat there watching till we herd a knock at the door. Susan jumped up and said “ill get it you rest it’s probably Jane” She went to the door and Jane came in She was wearing a tight white blouse that you could see her hard erect nipples through with a grey Minnie skirt that burly. What more could I want?’ It was a futile argument, but I had to at least let her know we were ill at ease by not contributing. ‘If you want to do something, then why don’t you save your money and see what it would cost to put an in-ground pool in the back. With four young children, it would be a valuable addition to this house, and great fun for them. Why, even the adults could use it now and then,’ she smirked. ‘I think that’s a terrific idea. Leave it to me,’ I volunteered. I got a big smile.