‘God’ he thought, ‘she could swallow a whole zebra with that mouth.’ For the rest of the time there, he couldn’t help imagining her as an al...igator waiting to pounce on a surprised victim. He saw it happen occasionally – when a camper dropped a sweet wrapper for example – and was grateful not to be on the menu.So with one bound (he thought) he was free, free of having to understand bloody American Football, free of an ignominious return to the UK, free to enjoy the summer. For the first time he. ”I just said, “That won’t be me.”At that moment, my phone rang. It was a tearful Beth. “Gerald, I was just terminated.”“I am also, Beth. Leave the premises and wait at the first restaurant toward your house.” I thumbed the off button.Mister Fielding looked at Jack and said, “Escort him to HR. Jack, this is not working out well.” I was already standing. Jack stood and led me out of the office.As we walked down the hall, he said, “I didn’t anticipate this reaction, Gerald. We really didn’t want. I tried for a friendly smile as I said the requisite line, she returned the smile but it didn’t really reach her eyes. ‘Not really, though you do know Bree. We’re around the corner and she saw you when you came in, so I figured I’d come by and meet the mysterious Ty.’ Suddenly things made a bit more sense, this was the once over from the best friend. I couldn’t quite hide my grin as I realized that Bree must have talked about me at least a little bit. ‘Well I am Ty, though I’m not entirety sure. He just knew he had to speak to Jane and he was dreading it. It was all too complicated, but there was no way he could pretend everything was alright and that it would sort itself out. He got to the front door and hesitated. He would have liked to have turned round to walk away – but what if she had already seen him? What would she be thinking if he just wandered off? She might phone Sue. He rang the bell, hoping she was out, but knowing she wasn’t. “Oh, hi Malc. Lovely to see you – come in..