When we got the call to meet her in Andrew's office after lunch, I was glad it was almost over. I was ready to get back to Farmer's Grove.Once we were...all assembled, Sylvia said, "You will find two checks in your pay envelope in the case of the strike team it is a check for your regular pay, plus a second check for 32K. That is the bonus from the estimated value of the emeralds Lilly's team recovered. So you better play nice from now on," she demanded."You three," she said addressing us, "have. " She quirked up her mouth at me. "Besides, don't you want to do some bragging?" She nudged me in the ribs. I laughed."I do, but..." She laughed."You're afraid that I'll go get the shotgun?" Something like that." No, I just was curious about how it went." She asked seriously."That's easy to answer. It was fantastic." So what did you three do? I mean, I could hear both Beth and Annie at times." She quirked up an eyebrow at me."Uh, well," I could feel the blush on my face, but how to tell her. His latest novel had just been published to much praise and he didn't have to start work on another until after the summer. So he wasn't concerned when his mother-in-law called and said she needed a minor operation and could Sara come to stay for a week to look after her father? Sara wasn't sure but Philip told her he and Lisa would be fine."Just look after your parents," he told his wife, lifting her suitcase into the overhead rack and kissing her."Well, if you're sure -" Of course," he said.. “I did your homework!” Mark stammered, trying to sound like he wasn’t lying his fucking ass off. Cool Mark smacked the back of his head.“Then where is it, retard? You retarded?” he asked, scowling at him.“Hey!”The voice that makes Cool Mark and Greg look away is high and feminine. They both turn and there’s that weird girl from chemistry – Tiffany? That was her name? Mark had heard at least half the kids in school mention that she was a weirdo. Always slipping off to have lunch in the library.