Yes, I can." Uhmm, can I ask a question that might be a tad inappropriate?" Phillip I would love for you to ask an inappropriate question." Okay, uhmm... how does that phrase go... 'are you a dyed in the wool lesbian?'" Uhmm, no that wasn't the correct phrase, but the answer is no, I am not a die hard lesbian." Alright." How sleepy are you?" Well right now I am quite awake." I wonder, you staring at a red bush have anything to do with your sudden alertness?" Ha ha ha, probably." Good, I want to. That made her think of her father struggling to untangle strings of lights, and cursing under his breath as he searched for the one bulb that was keeping a whole strand from lighting.That in turn reminded her of the year he had decided he was going to outdo the neighbors’ light display, which had resulted in a fiasco worthy of Chevy Chase. She quietly laughed as she thought about her uncle calling her father Clark or Griswold throughout the holidays that year.Lost in memories, she didn’t hear. At least Sisanna deserved her fate and filed teeth, having served time for beating up a friend who told her she would fail the Grojan selection ritual, which more or less guaranteed she would fail.Varna's only fault was she had been rather lippy to the assessor, but he had provoked her. She found out afterwards it had been part of the stupid test. Having failed, her teeth had been filed, and she had been banished by her family.Even though her failure had shamed her family, her father, who she. "I shook my head. "And just why does Hayley care so much about who Gerri's with anyway?"He shrugged. "I don't know. But she's mentioned who she'll introduce her to, if she gets another chance." What? Who?" Rod."I remembered Hayley had earlier persuaded Gerri to make a cocaine connection for 'Rod.' It had to be the same guy. Fixing her up with Randy-the-harmless-beard hadn't created lasting indebtedness. So naturally Hayley would try to cut out the middle man on the next go-round. What better.