Get good grades.“Have fun ... I never thought I was adopting a daughter when I picked up that scruffy hitch hiker. I’d better get going while I st...ll can.” He shouldered a duffle, picked up a suitcase and walked ... fast ... down the walk to the gate.There was a car and driver waiting in the drive. He tossed his luggage in the trunk, got in the backseat and was gone ... no wave good bye ... gone.I wonder if I’ll miss him. Time will tell.I immediately opened the gun box. The heavy and hard to. Robert was impressed with the quality of the boxes and the fact that Joey made them. I was blown away by Joey’s thoughtfulness considering how we’d parted.Once back home I settled into work. I was working exclusively for Rainbow Talent this summer, filling in for my mother’s personal assistant who was on maternity leave. Working for my mother was a great experience because I learned a lot about dealing with difficult people from her. She had a knack for reading people and figuring out what. Under the circumstances, he might have even flown to Phoenix. He didn’t know anything significant except that his son and Jill were alive, and not sitting in a hospital on Amtrak’s dime. He rushed off the train, down the concourse, past the ticket windows, and into the Metropolitan Lounge. The lounge attendant, who he knew, gave him a quizzical look, to which he replied, “21”, the number of the Texas Eagle.He quickly walked over to the pay-phone bank, and put his go-bag at his feet. He picked. ”Rochelle quoted him the number to her Straight Talk phone. This number was reserved for suitors, romantic interests and fuck buddies. She used a ‘burner’ phone since her residency.Nails eagerly typed in the digits. “I’ll give you a call later. I need to hit the road.”“Looking forward to it,” Rochelle gleamed.“Maybe I can treat you to dinner next time I come through Persopolis.”“If I’m free, you certainly can.”The boys returned. Nails helped them pack up and reload the car. Rochelle drove the.