We blew it assuming that 'no one' knew about their relationship." She stopped for a second before continuing, "And now she's paying the price." That's...not fair, Allison," I said. "Whether we had known or not would not have changed anything. In fact it would have been a lot harder on us if we had known." By now they were both looking at me. "Rebecca knew she was on the list, she also knew that she was a friend of ours. When we first discussed going to see Samantha, Shannon asked if she could. " Gloria replied. "If you really want the "pink and white" look I could put a set of acrylics on you. I'll have to remove what's left of your last set though."Joe blushed a deep crimson. He'd forgotten about the set of nails that Ronnie did on his first visit to the cabin. Had it only been three months ago?"Well, looks like my secret's out." Said Joe. "Go ahead and do my nails. They don't have to be pink and white though. You can do whatever you want."Gloria smiled at Joe and went off to get. First I drank some water, then splashed some on my face, then dampened a cloth and rubbed it in. That felt better. After a few minutes on the toilet, I was good to go. Carefully and quietly I tiptoed down the hall, down the stairs, and out to the driveway where Nadia sat waiting in the jeep."Did you take all your maps?" I asked Nadia."Yeah, they're right here," Nadia indicated. I threw my roll next to hers, covered them so they wouldn't blow away, and told my PDA to start the jeep. Seconds. " You going to tell them you canned me?" asked Bob."We're going to tell them you're on sabbatical and unavailable for comment," said Charles, patiently."Okay," said Bob."Good," said Charles, and he whirled and left as abruptly as he'd arrived.He was home when Kendra arrived. She'd been walked home by half a dozen well-wishers."Have you heard?" she asked, eyes wide as she stood in the doorway."I'm already on sabbatical," he said. "They're cleaning out my office tomorrow. We both need to be there.