The lone suitcase suggested to those that noticed that this individual may not be intending to stay the entire semester. Jeff had no intention of drop...ing out. He just had no means of moving the rest of his things in his two passenger car. He checked in to the dorm, received the key to his room and rode the elevator to the ninth floor, his one suitcase in hand.His was a single room, not because he was unsociable, but rather, because he had never been required to share anything in his life; he. Suddenly, around the corner, came Charlie, crawling for all he was worth, with one of the gym attendants, smiling, in semi-hot pursuit. He saw me and came over, in high-speed four-wheel drive. I sat upright and laughed as he got closer, and then scrambled after him myself. The little bastard had closed on me and then scooted off in another direction! I grabbed him and tucked him under my arm and went in search of his mother.Marilyn was still churning away on the treadmill, watching a television. How can you love her more than me would be more what Gretchen was thinking. I stepped back beside Ted and Lisa.Hans wrung his hands. "It's complicated, Baby. I know she's abrupt, but underneath that she's a good person. I love her and you." She drove a wedge between us, Daddy." Gretchen stepped back. "I should have known better than to come here. She still has you wrapped around her little finger. You won't ever understand why I left or why I do what I do. Let me go, Daddy. Go back to your. And we have to consider the possibility that they know about her intellect. The HIV reference on the manifest might have been a red herring. It's only logical that you're going to be suspected of taking her and that animal rights groups are going to be high on their list of possible accomplices." Do they know about this place?" Probably. It's no state secret. That doesn't mean we're in their sights yet but if they're looking for her, you can bet they'll check us out at some point. They have to.