" I heard about it last night, Sarah. I know all the sordid details." Anyway, Chuck, I'm upset as to how my Station Chief is acting. How should I hand...e this?" The way any ACE should handle their Chief's vacation. You handle what needs to be handled. You do the assignments, you give the briefings, and you take care of the complaints and problems. If you have any problems, I am right down the hall. You've handled the station before from Marie's desk. You're in a position of authority now. Be the. What do you plan to do?”I hadn’t given much thought to my future. The past year had been tough. Dad was sick and I had to take care of my sisters while Mother took care of Dad. Unlike Little Joe, we didn’t have a lot of money. And I didn’t have an army to back me up.“Maybe I should join up, too. At least then I’d be able to send my paychecks home. The pay is better than minimum wage. I stick around here, I’ll just end up becoming an enforcer like my father.”“This isn’t the best time to discuss. Inoticed that she was blushing, and it didn't help that her boss, JamesRinehart, was watching her with his eyebrows raised.Alisha conceded defeat. "No, that will be all, maid; but you did anexcellent job. You're dismissed." The crowd playfully teased Alishafor wimping out, but after I replaced her shoes, stood, and curtsied,she respectfully bowed to my ability to stay in character. She was agood sport, and wasn't trying to be mean.I minced my way over to Janice and Katie, who were impressed. It had only been in his professional life that he had withdrawn even slightly from public, but he was certainly in a position of authority again, being the head of a werewolf pack. Paul wondered how different his life might have been if his father had just come out and told him. His last conversation with his old man before he disappeared had been spoken in anger. The last thing anyone had seen of the senior Lesner, was him walking into a nearby woods and just disappearing after Laura died of.