Miss Keys his attorney, acting in place of her father Morgan who’d been at law school with Judge Willis, asked to approach the bench. The judge look...d at the prosecution attorney who waved away the unspoken invitation to join the impromptu conference. ‘Judge Willis,’ said Alice Keys a little breathlessly. ‘It worries me I might not have represented my client with the skill acquired from experience my father possesses.’ ‘Well that’s scarcely surprising my dear. You have been practicing what two. I put the materials for the quarterly on your desk. There were only a few messages. No calls from Canberra." Right. Let me put this down. I'll be back."I went into my office, then back and got myself some coffee, sat down and munched my sandwich. It was already afternoon in the ACT. Oh, well. What was it Doris Day sang in that Hitchcock movie? Right! "Que sera sera... " No point in fretting now. I picked up the top folder. Then the next, and the next. The phone buzzed."It's Mr. Scott, Gordy.". She also put colorful red ribbons on each pig tail. She then put on red mesh nylons and red pumps with four inch heels. With the cape on she looked like a girl of fourteen or fifteen. But without the cape she looked every bit the almost 19 year old beauty that she was. At ten minutes to three they went to the entrance to the arena to wait for her name to be called to start her thirty minute performance.Cynful watched the slave that was performing before her. She was surprised that the slave was. I graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove with the highest graduating GPA of the graduating class, a 3.96. In three plus years of higher education I had earned one B and the rest A's. I had matured enough to keep myself under control and actually apply myself. Looking back, I think I was in a perpetual fog because I really don't remember much of those 3+ years.My first job was teaching second grade and I was OK but I wasn't an outstanding teacher. Luckily, my Principal felt I would.