“Hi, Mark!” Hannah said brightly, stepping into my field of vision. She was sweaty from the game, bits of grass in her hair, but she looked happy....��Hi, Hannah. Great game!”“Thanks -- I didn’t know you were coming today, Riley didn’t tell me.”“I didn’t tell her, just decided to drive over this morning as a surprise. I’ll say hi to her when she’s done over there,” I said, gesturing to where she was still talking to that guy.Hannah nodded. “Oh. Good to see you!”“You too,” I said, sitting down on. Dinner wasenjoyable, but just a little awkward. Gerald and I were householdservants while Christine and Dave were corporate executives there wasnot very much common interest for us to talk about. We were able totalk about a book we had all read that was going to be made into amovie. I decided I was going to spice the conversation up duringdessert."So Dave, tell me what do you know about Christine's former husband."Christine chocked on what she was eating, and Gerald dropped his glassspilling. "Feeling guilty, Chief?"He shook his head in return. "Okay, Collins. Have it your way. I've secretly been puppeteering your career, pulling strings for you."Shocked, Lenore saw he was actually disappointed in her."Chief, I'm sorry I gave you the impression I doubted you. That wasn't what I'd intended."He gave her a wry smile. "I think it is the aftereffects of the narcotics. I'm feeling fairly strange. Lenore, I don't want you to leave today angry with me, or thinking I could ever be angry with. She was moving to the university on a dance scholarship. From her picture he could tell she was pretty with brown hair to her shoulders and green eyes. Also, she seemed to be built kind of small, but he convinced himself he was looking for a roommate. Not a girlfriend.Zoba replied two days after he sent her an email explain the spare bedroom could be hers. They met up at a coffee shop not far from the house to see how compatible everyone would be. Jamike and Buchi got there kind of early. As.