"Lisa," hatte er gesagt, "ich kann ja verstehen, dass euch Studenten manchmal das Geld ausgeht. Vor allem Mädels wie dir, du gibst bestimmt viel für...deine Kleidung aus. Aber auch ich muss leben. Du bist mit deiner Miete jetzt seit zwei Wochen überfällig. Ich komme am Freitag wieder, und dann will ich die 650 Euro haben, bar auf die Hand!"Lisa hatte ihn verzweifelt angesehen und gefragt: "Wo soll ich die denn her holen, Herr Meier, ich kann doch nicht schon wieder meine Eltern anpumpen..." Er. I was ordered to clean you and the room up."Another look.I frowned, thinking. "Who's the gift from?"Her shoulders hunched, hugging the gift to her lap."I'm not going to take it from you. I just want to give you a clean bed."She didn't answer.Sighing, I sat on the other bed, grabbing my sketch pad. I couldn't fail at my first assignment. There had to be a way to get her to move. I couldn't manhandle her; she was bigger than me. And she was a trained cop. I remembered how she had easily. ." she said. "But I've wondered about you as well." I convinced her to send me her phone number through my email before she left for the night and once I had it, I couldn't wait to call her the following evening. "Julie? Julie Adams?" "Yes?" "Hi Julie, It's John." There was a long silence. "Julie?" "Yeah...I...I'm here." "I hope it's ok to call you?" "It's ok." "Talk to me, Julie." "I..I'm sorry. I just....I was surprised by your call." "Well what do you think? Of my voice - you said you wanted. ”They had just gotten Ellen settled into her own bed. The trip had exhausted her, and she was already dropping off to sleep. Jake was glad that the workmen had already quit for the day. He hoped that the noise and dust they were making, as well as their constant coming and going through the kitchen and down to the basement, wasn’t going to be a burden on Ellen.“Just one,” Gramma said. “Then I think I’d better go home.”She sat at the table with Granddad. The other seats were occupied by the.