’ ‘What about me?’ Everyone expect Bella looked at Annie in surprise. Douglas said did she mean she wanted to tag along on Friday night or did s...e want to appraise one of his buddies if he could find one who was off the lead on Friday night. ‘You and Shea never ask me out with you and here’s Bella just arrived home and she’s invited out with you two already.’ ‘Annie, I’m sorry. It wasn’t a slight. You always seem to be studying when you come home at weekends or going out with your friends.’. By the time John said we were descending, Wanda had the station transfer papers made up and had developed a meeting itinerary for the attendees. Our time in flight had been productive. I had downloaded and printed a complete dossier on Howard Benning so I could talk to him intelligently.Ben was waiting for us at the executive airport and whisked us to the office.When we came into the office, Glenda stood to greet me with a big smile. She warmly greeted Wanda, and showed her a desk she could. They didn't have long to wait to find out their punishment as they were called into the study and had stood in front of Miss James' desk.Jayne had tried her best to tell the head what had happened but Miss James stopped her straight away and said that Miss Jilkes the duty teacher had seen it all and had told her all that she had needed to know. She added that there weren't any excuses for what had occurred and the three of them were to be caned with two strokes on each palm.Even Colin had. " I said grabbing my nametag from the table. "Ryan Porter...really?" she asked. "Yes why?" I asked. "You look different from your yearbook pic from senior year that's all." "It's been 10 years Tammy, people change." I slapped the sticky nametag on my suit jacket and walked in. The gym was decorated like it was a k**s 10th birthday party complete with ballons and streamers luckly they had the bar set up."Vodka rocks very dirty!" I said. "Starting early?" the bartender asked. "I have no idea why.