And please don’t make me sound like a total sissy.” I joked a bit. After a few seconds I heard a few rustles, and then he popped out his head. “...ine.” He pulled me in and I saw that he had been crying. But for what reason. “Why have you locked yourself up in here?” I asked sitting down on my bed. He climbed up on the ladder. “No real reason really.” “Well you’re going to need to tell me some reason so I can leave to tell Mike why you won’t be taking the wheel tonight when we get to Utah.” I. “I think I know what his concern is now.”“Can you share with me?”“Your biometric parameters haven’t been entered into the system. JR knows that if we were required to go downstairs that you wouldn’t be able to go with us.”“Couldn’t one of you take me down with you?” Rockie asked.“Only if you and someone that the system recognized were to be the first two down, and then no one else would be allowed to join you. The system is designed to view any biometric presence that is not programmed into it. She leapt for it."Caroline?" No, dear. Jean Carnoustie. Are you waiting for a call?" No, er, well sort of." You don't sound yourself. Is something wrong?" No, at least I hope not." Can I help?" No, it's just..." It became too much for her and she burst into tears.Jean waited. She could just have put the phone down but she was a compassionate soul. That plus her welfare training made her hold on. She might not be able to help Moira practically but she might be able to comfort her. Eventually. I know she cheated on me, but you’ll be amazed at what a good divorce lawyer can do for you. In this case they argued that I didn’t provide enough emotional support after she lost the baby so she was inclined to look elsewhere. They even had a shrink and all. Oddly enough she didn’t ask for alimony payments even though she had the chance to clean me out. I swore never to get married again and moved to another part of the town, and shut everyone out. My friends after a while stopped calling.