Now be a good girl and make me a fresh cup, yeah?"She didn't reply to that, and I knew she was already hard at it. I had hand-picked her from among th... bureau staff because she was one of the few who had finally survived the ordeal, a real good shot, and very keen on voicing her personal opinions, which could be easily discerned from the fact that I could see her through the glass pane, pouring actual dirt from a pot plant into the coffee machine.I returned my focus to the briefing report. ’ He turned to Crispin, ‘you were saying…’ Everyone looked at him in astonishment. Jack was pale grey, covered from head to foot in cement powder. The only relief in the greyness was his shining deep brown eyes and the whiteness of his grin. The sleeve of his suit was ripped from the shoulder where the timber had caught it as he ran from the final fall. His trouser leg flapped loosely where it, too, had ripped on something. The dust on his shirt sleeve started to darken. Crispin spoke first. ‘I. And I thought your girlfriend threw you out.’ ‘How the hell did you enroll her without me? She’s mine, according to the court. You don’t have custody of her.’ ‘We have joint custody,’ I reminded him. ‘According to the court, she lives with you, but we both have custody. Anyway, they didn’t even ask to see the divorce papers, even though you’d said they would.’ ‘So what did you tell them, that she lives with you? She doesn’t.’ ‘She does until June,’ I said. ‘And that’s what I told them, that. When I got close, one of the boys quickly stepped back and into me. He flipped the tray to have to pour the wine and grape juice all over my white apron.“You Buffoon! Are you blind? Have you been drinking the wine instead of serving it? Look what you did to my cousin’s dress! You ruined it. That is coming out of your pay. You better hope she doesn’t have you beaten!” the boy yelled.No one but I saw the girl give me a quick smile and little mini-wave as she got up quickly.She screamed out, “You.