’ Barb turned and led the way to the X-ray room. Back in the waiting room things were more than a little tense. Three police officers were standing...in the doorway pointing their guns at Marcia. Into this setting strode the Public Safety Director for the city of Carmel-by-the-sea, Elizabeth Turrington. ‘Marcia Friedman, what the hell are you doing?’ ‘Hello Beth, I wondered if you would show up. I’m keeping control of these hoodlums, they broke in here and shot one of your people. I’m not going. And if I do see them, I would invite them over to my place for pizza and hot chocolate.The four of them laughed at Stacy's joke.It was disturbing that she shared the same building with women who killed themselves. She guessed that being on the thirteenth floor, to be away from people and having serious personal problems like debt and depression and drugs caused them to be psychotic. She knew many people to have been like that.David: Hey Stacy, do you know if anybody lives on the thirteenth. ”“Tracy, we need to get Steve to start building computers for the Island and Europe.“I know he is gonna be busy with The Toy, but we are going to do the buying, shipping, building somewhere and we won’t be able to stay ahead without them,” said Meg. “We have no idea how busy we are going to be, a lot is coming our way. Can you get your geeks up here to build the hardware in containers and then ship it to the islands so we can set them up there?”“I think so,” replied Tracy.Tom came back over and. ”His words disappointed Tina. They were as uncaring as usual, no different than on any other night. After what they’d just done, she had somehow expected him to be kinder, more friendly. She’d expected him to at least talk to her a bit, let her stay up.Slowly she stood and picked up her shorts and panties and walked quickly from the room.Two weeks passed after that, during which time her uncle never mentioned what they’d done together that night. Tina hadn’t really expected him to, but she was.