That made me smile.“Hey,” I said, doing my own stretching, and my own sly move.“Oh. Good morning.”“Sleep OK?”“When I finally did.”“Y...ah,” I said. “Something woke me up in the middle of the night, too.”We cracked up at that like of couple of naughty six-year-olds. Saanvi got out of bed first, and she took her time putting on her nightgown. I watched her from the bed, and she watched me watching her from the bed. It felt nice — intimate, I guess is the word — to lie there with the quilt. ’ Cindy replied. ‘According to these notes, she cut a hole in it and pushed back the fence. My question is how she could’ve done that without setting off an alarm. It was a high-tension situation, and I’d think the fences were patrolled and maybe electrified or filled with sensors.’ ‘Excellent.’ Phyllis said. ‘What else?’ ‘Lessee….’ Cindy said, thinking hard. ‘The fence at the place it was breached was some 75 yards from the building proper, so Ferris, who was badly out of shape from all. It's enough to dampen a fan's enthusiasm. I think it's my fault -- I'm a jinx. They won't have a winning season until I quit my job and move to Moldova."She laughed. You were an undergraduate here?"Yeah -- I did internships at the University IT department. They liked me well enough to hire me. I started as a programmer and worked my way up to Systems Analyst."Don't they use students for a lot of that work? she asked."We do, but we need a core staff of professionals for critical systems. So, for. Jess raised her hand. “Let me,” she said softly. And there’s the smile. My Jess, dressed neatly, simple cotton blouse, basic blue. Matching shorts, not really short, certainly not tight, and those same athletic shoes she wore the first time I met her. She swung the door open.“Hi, Megan. Come in. Here, let me get your diaper bag.”My daughter entered, one baby in her arms, the other toddling along, actually quite mobile at three years old.“Hi, Paw-paw,” little Riley said.“Hi, Riley,” I replied..