So, the Kid copped to a plea on the stolen car and the other crap.And, he'd done his time.The Kid had known how and when to fight. He'd also known how...to get along. He'd paid attention while in the joint. And he'd picked up some skills he'd not had before he went in. He'd gotten some tattoos.The Kid had been out for over a year. But, he'd been on the outside for much longer than that.If you know what I mean.When the Driver asked about his parole, the Kid said he'd seen his parole officer twice. ’ ‘Oh, Coach, do you think I’m not good for him?’ you say sadly. ‘Well, this is a bit delicate, Sarah. I’m not really supposed to talk to students about these things, but, if we win tonight, we make it to the playoffs and I need Tommy at his peak performance. I know that things are much different than when I was in school and that you kids are doing things more frequently than we did,’ he says almost shyly, ‘I’ll just say this…until playoffs are over, just don’t give it up to Tommy any more.. It was an easy conversationbetween two girls and then three as Caroline joined them. They talkedabout music clothes, shoes everything except that damned Elephant again.Until once Caroline was satisfied Katie was calm and accepted by Zoe, sheproceeded to tell Zoe about the revelations of the day before, of Katienot wanting to see girls knickers and clothes but of being jealous of themand how they were treated etc. her face was expressionless as the storyunfolded. When Caroline had finally. It cost me more to confirm him than it cost Harry to slow things down. Harry also slowed down a few Federal judgeships as well, again, at very little personal cost. Worst of all, we now had two empty seats on the Supreme Court. Sandra Day O’Connor had stepped down and William Rehnquist had died, and the Senate Judiciary Committee had my nominees (one male, one female, both moderates) on hold.By 2006 I was getting extra pissed at this, so I simply decided to say, ‘Screw you!’ to the Senate. On.