Even Lane called and said that she was going to stay at her place tonight, but would be by early for breakfast in the morning.“Is everything okay, b...by,” he asked, his heart in his throat. Despite his assurances to JJ, he was not at all sure that this was something she could deal with, or wanted to deal with.“Everything is fine, Tiger. I just need a little me time. I have some thinking to do. I promise, everything is okay. I will see you in the morning, bright and early.”“I love you, Lane. Everything he learned about Rachel made her more attractive.He found out that Rachel was the only child of two immigrants from Eastern Europe. Her parents did not have a lot of money, but valued education highly. They had saved for years to send Rachel to college. Rachel receiving a full scholarship was a very welcome development."My parents never talked about sex. It wasn't that they were restrictive or told me that sex was bad. They literally never mentioned it in my hearing. Everything I. The department meetings are a problem, as well. They give me no support, it makes me appear incompetent. They leave me to twist in the wind.’ ‘There was a man at the old Hughes plant in Fullerton who coined the phrase, ‘Fix the problem, not the blame.’ Everyone who hears it grabs on to it and eventually makes it their own. I use it every chance I get.’ ‘Mike, you’re right, that’s a wonderful concept. I’m going to make a note of that.’ ‘Here’s another little trick you can use. Whenever you speak. Whether she didn’t hear him, didn’t understand, or simply forgot as she began sparring with the defense again, Bob saw her pick up the glass and take a sip. He winced, and waited. Nothing happened quickly enough for it to have been a nerve agent, or fast-acting poison, so he relaxed a little.At three-thirty that afternoon, however, her speech became slurred and, while reaching for the glass of water she’d sipped from a total of three times, her hand knocked it off the table and it crashed to.