.."Mom, I missed my period ... and I seem to have missed one pill," while displaying the pill dispenser with one little pill still in the very center ...f the month......"I don't have anything to wear," when mom knows there isn't room for anything more in said teen's closet......"Mom, I can't find your car." ... Mom didn't know it was gone...."Mom, this is Jimmy ... he followed me home. Can I keep him?" ... Jimmy is wearing grungy dirty jeans, engineer boots, a wallet with a chain and sports a. The hands on the clock, on the wall, made their way, inexorably, towards the appointed hour. Lila drank, water, juice and coffee, while Aisha kept her IVs going. Both of them noted Manu's frown whenever the IV bag was renewed. While visibly unhappy about it, he did not argue, nor did he directly order Aisha to refrain from changing the bags as they emptied themselves into Lila's veins. Aisha wondered how Lila managed to convince Manu to allow this hydration, which he had expressly forbidden the. In front of the mixed crowd of stockholders and employees was a stage containing a dark wooden podium with the logo of Bills company facing the seated assembly. There were several chairs lined up on the stage behind the podium where Bill instructed his secretary to seat his three special guests. Only Gary had an inkling of things to come as they took their seats. Soon the murmuring crowd quieted down and Anne introduced her boss. Amber couldnt help but be impressed as every person in the large. Elaine smiled, said "of course", and said she hoped they wouldn't mind if she went to bed early. Tom looked very pleased at this suggestion, so Elaine knew Sandra had got it right again.After another drink they left the nightclub, flagged down a taxi, and went home. Tom paid for the taxi, which pleased Elaine, and the three went upstairs to the flat. One warm drink later, Elaine was in bed and Sandra had Tom to herself in the lounge. Elaine lay in bed for a while, hearing their voices, but as.