It's Jordan." Hey there. Got an answer for me?" I've decided to accept your firm's offer." Great! Glad to have you on board. When can you start?" How ...bout the first of May? I can wrap up here and settle in there by then." Sounds good. I'll FedEx the check for moving expenses and your Hopkins contribution first thing tomorrow morning. Everything else is set, but call me if any problems pop up. See you in a few weeks!" You too."I should probably explain what just happened.Jerome "Call me Jerry". “Hey, Jim,” Wat says to me, full of his usual brand of false bonhomie. Damn, he didn’t even get his goons to frisk me, “Ain’t seen you since you was a boy. Not here on Revenue business, ehh, I hope?”I left this planet when I was 17, shortly after my pleasure-dust-addicted mother OD’d in his damn casino. I’d no idea who my father was; Ma had been a dancer in the show when I came along, but she was bussing drinks to the gaming tables at the end.“Nah, nothing official, Unk. Just looking for an old. She was watching me as Elle gave me a light, but I had tried smoking at parties so I didn’t turn green and choke, like I had done the first time I inhaled!’ She ate some more pate then pushed her plate away. ‘That was it really, we all sat there smoking, and I really liked the feeling of being included, it was the first time that I felt like an adult, making small talk, smoking and drinking coffee. When we stopped outside a shop later Mum passed round cigarettes and I had one then as well. When. .. no Ma'am." Thank you! If you can come up here?"Dad escorted me to the stage where I was crowned and given a check forten thousand dollars! I started to cry, but dad handed me a tissue and Iblotted away the tears. I was both excited and overwhelmed by winning,but dad managed to get me back to my seat safely. That night, when we gotback to my room, mom helped me out of the dress and a I changed into askirt, a short one, and a blouse before she and I went to see dad."It looks like you're going.