They decided that they would celebrate the occasion with takeaways and champagne, on the Friday evening after their assignment was handed in. After an...agreeable dinner they relaxed on the sofa in the lounge. On an impulse Japhta asked, “Will I still see you from time to time, that is to say, other than in science class?”“Would you like to?” Tracy inquired, taking the bull by the horns.“Yes… very much,” Japhta answered.“Are you attracted to me? Tracy persisted.Bashfully, Japhta answered,. "So we discussed Joyce, her background and how long I should take her for. We weighed the pluses and minuses of having her involved and came to the agreement that I should have her for no less than 6 months and that a year was actually a better period of time.I knew that Lee wanted to be collared and that I would need to work on that once Lisa was gone. Trish would likely set her time frame to match her mom's so that was pretty well set. Suzie was the wild card as she had done this for a. He and Cindy had made the Rosebud a success, but Pierce had made it possible for them to start. And he didn’t seem to expect a freebie, or even a discount, when the Pierce family ate there.Eleanor sat quietly beside Lee as he drove. She didn’t even comment that he wasn’t heading for the movie theater. She really wished, though, he had chosen a different parking place. It was still light, and this would be make-out central in another two hours. Well, they were a couple. He had never pushed her. Rough hands hauled her up and shoved her back in the chair. Tears falling, she watched the big guy slowly stand. Now his eyes were beady, dead, and mean.“Where are the documents?” he demanded, sounding vicious.When he raised his hand, Callie shied away, her face still hurting. It was too much. She didn’t have the strength. Please don’t hate me, Hunter.“Lightfoot has it. It’s contained in a microdot.”The big, thick-necked guy lowered his hand. “How many copies?”“Two,” she claimed. “On memory.