When do you work?’ ‘Afternoon shift today,’ Shawna said, and Julia was gone. She got to the garage and said a fairly happy ‘good morning’ to...Rosinante, her Mazda sport convertible. That car was one of the things that was guaranteed to lift her spirits, which were indeed, right then, low. ‘Hey, Ros,’ she said, settling herself in. ‘How are you today?’ The motor cranked a bit before starting, Rosinante was an old gal of a car. ‘I promise, promise,’ Julia said, speaking to the car, ‘To get you all. You know that.’ ‘I know, Tall,’ she said softly, ‘I just wanted to hear you say the words. I’ve visited Dianne a few times, in New York, and she’s got such a nice place and great business. And she has gazillions of friends. And, I gotta tell ya, Hon, those cute little carrot topped twins you have to keep you company, are just precious. Where’d you ever find them?’ ‘Cory and Craig worked in the shipping department one summer vacation,’ Dianne explained. ‘I invited them to our annual Christmas. They might be able to scoot away and we would miss out on the full effect." Just make sure that you bring the other one in low over the back fence and hit the lights at the right time," replied my Indian-born friend. "Once y'all have them focused away from the real threat, then ... bombs away!" He had all but lost his sing-song sub-continent speech rhythm after his six years here in the U.S.; in fact, his living in Tennessee for four of those six years had caused a Southern softening of his. I don’t know how I would explain driving naked. Then I would have to see if Mr. Jones could bail me out and defend me. Which I doubt he would do.I drove to work and once I got to the building, I pulled in next to Jeni’s car. That was the only one there, so I figured I would be safe going up to the office. I still had to use the stairs because I didn’t want have the doors open and be seen naked by anyone. This is one of the hardest things I have to do.I got out of the car and headed for the.