But don’t give up on the future. Okay?”I look at her. I have tears in my eyes, again. I look down at Landdi who is occasionally sucking but has no... fallen asleep at my breast. I smile through my tears at this little one, a hairy gorilla young at my dry breast. I look up to Landda and my cheeks are streaming tears, my eyes are unfocussed by the tears but I say, “Thank you. You are a dear friend, Landda. I treasure our relationship with you and your family. I can just be a female with you.”“You. "Yay!" or similar shouts of glee echoed through the hallway."We'll be presenting it at the University of Illinois in Champagne next Saturday. We need to rehearse tomorrow after school and at least three times next week. More if we need it. Now George, you need to think about portability. I'll bring you over there on Monday next week and let you study the situation. We obviously won't have a lot of lights to focus, so we need to express the concept as minimally as possible." The slides are. "What doyou want?" I have some additional questions that need to be answered to follow-upon the questions that Sheriff Jackson asked you regarding the fire atthe library," Leslie said, unperturbed.Her ace-in-the-hole was that Tom was working hard to be a congressionalcandidate. If he refused to co-operate in her investigation, she wouldmake sure that it was public knowledge that he was being obstructive.Tom seemed to know his vulnerability in this situation though, becausehe said nothing. "Maybe another time, huh? Right now, I think this night has gotten heavy enough."Rania was quick to suggest, "Anybody want a nightcap?"Adrienne smiled and nodded. "Sounds great."Adrienne, Talita, and I relaxed on the two living room sofas while Rania brought over an unopened bottle of Hennessey and five funky tumblers designed to rest on the table at a tipped-over angle. She was pouring the cognac when Moon came out of her bedroom stark naked and strutted into the bathroom without a backwards.