‘What are you doing here?’ she asked bluntly. ‘Same as you probably – drinking coffee?’ This wasn’t going well. She seemed hostile and he...wondered what he could possibly say that might help him make amends. ‘Sorry,’ he apologised eventually. She jerked her head up in surprise. ‘What?’ ‘I said ‘sorry’. I feel like I’ve screwed things up — and I never meant to do that.’ Ellie looked away and Michael felt his heart sink lower. It was blatantly obvious that she didn’t believe a word of his. I walked to the three as they were getting up and the girl started to get up to attack me again. I stopped about 10 feet away and began to apologize for what had happened. She looked at me with such disgust and contempt that I felt like shrinking. She told me what I could do with my damn apology and led the kids away from me as the kids began trying to explain to her what had happened. It isn’t a good thing to have anyone upset with you, it is magnified when it is a beautiful girl that you. Distracted by her disappointment regarding the message, she suddenly became aware of a traffic policeman waving at her to stop. He had stepped out from the side of the road just ahead of her, holding a radar speed gun. She glanced down at the dash-board. With a start she discovered that she was travelling at 55 miles an hour. She braked quickly and pulled in to the side where the cop was now standing in the middle of the road.“Do you realise what speed you were travelling at?” the cop. “I’ll see him as soon as I park,” I assured him.Once inside the building, two more people gave me the same message, as I headed for the boss’s office. As soon as I entered, he was up from behind his desk.“Did you have any problems last night?” he demanded.“Only one, why?” I asked.“The computer security people reported that someone broke into the system early yesterday morning, and looked up your personnel records,” he told me.“Yes, I know. When I reached home last night, Maureen O’Farrell was.