"I'm not sure he wants to be borrowed." If I spend much more time in the office during this period, I may not pass," I complained."Just give him half ...f Tami's participation," Reed suggested with a chuckle. "He doesn't have opinions until she gives them to him anyway."I felt my cheeks burn as Mrs. Conners grinned and nodded toward the door. I ignored the laughter behind me as I left.I'd managed to get rid of Parker. Maybe it was time to start working on Mr. Reed.We walked down the hall and into. Stumbling groggily down the stairs, you glance at the calender hanging on the wall opposite the bottom of the stairs. Tuesday, September 5th; you turn 20 today and look forward to a day of relaxation having no school as it's a public holiday.Entering the kitchen, you see your mum at the stove cooking pancakes. She turns around as you sit down at the small kitchen table and comes over to give you a kiss."Happy birthday James. How are you feeling?" she asks as she moves back over to the stove,. I found out about it by accident when I stopped by her place one day to try and talk with her. Susan and I were estranged. We hadn't spoken in four years. Susan had been going with Harry while I was still married to Ralph and she had hoped to lead him to the altar. One night about six months after my divorce I stopped by to see her and Harry was there. Susan introduced us and about two weeks later Harry called me up and asked me out. Knowing he was Susan's I declined the invitation. He called. She knew how to walk down the street so as not to attract the go-gangers, or Lone Star (or was it Knight Errant now? Who had the city awarded the police contract to?), or whoever else had some sort of nefarious intent within them.Tonight she had a not so nefarious intent within her. At least not tonight, doing her... normal job. She had been toying around with a new idea for an exhibit: Seattle After Dark. Have to work on the title she thought to herself. It sucked. It was cliché. But what she.