The squeaking sound of the bedroom door hurt my ears and I squinted while rubbing my temples with my other hand. To my surprise, the slurping sounds s...opped in an instant and I could hear the deep male voice again.Now I remembered that I offered the couch to one of my girlfriends' gym mates that joined the party without being invited last night. Maybe he was talking on the phone with someone and was watching a sports channel on the side, I thought at that moment. Later I found out that he had. I put my clothes in the bathroom before I left so I wouldn't have to wake her when I got back. Then it was time to pick up Mark and Shannon for school. Shannon had a very interesting expression on her face, but I had to wait until we got to school and Mark took off to say anything."So, you and Lizzy okay now?"She gave a contented sigh, "Yeah, but I don't think I could take her in person. I don't know what it is about her, whether it's her gift or something else, but man, you get her started and. Kobayashi and inform him of my decision."Todd looked a bit guilty as he said, "Sarah is already putting it in place. I was attempting to ... distract the doctor." Seeing the expression on Tetsuo's face he quickly added, "We would never have turned it on without talking with you first." I had better go find him then," Tetsuo said as he left the office.Sarah, Tetsuo and Dr. Kobayashi watched through the observation room window as Todd made a few final adjustments to the field generator in the. He was responsible for marketing support. That is, making sure that problems or opportunities that arose in the field were promptly addressed and action taken. It was a "make work" job in its origin: a place to put an underachieving sales manager. Doogie changed all that and made it something very valuable. He was a conduit to management and the other departments and he was very good at his job.He would give you the impression he was a carefree playboy, but I knew differently. He had a.