"I bet you do hun. I didn't know what time you would be back so I ordered Chinese if that's okay" Lovely Bern, I hope you ordered the whole menu. I ne...d a lot to replace the calories I burnt up today"Twisting the chow mein around the pork ball on her fork, she barely chews before swallowing. Each mouthful makes her stomach growl for more. Looking over, she notices that Bern was just moving her omelette around the plate. She knew there were more questions she wanted to ask her. Resting her fork. ‘How are you, Joan? Clovis screeched. ‘You never come into the library any more. It’s been so long since I’ve had a chance to talk with you! Come on, you have to tell me what’s been happening in your life!’ The woman took Joan’s arm and started babbling about something. As the librarian talked, Joan felt her eyes beginning to glaze over. She wondered if Clovis had any idea how boring she was. After one of the longest half-hours she’d ever experienced, Joan finally managed to escape from Clovis.. Still, it would be good to be drawing a paycheck again. Not to mention being out of his mother's house once more.He picked up his phone, scrolled through the incoming calls and dialed Bailey's number. On one level, he was surprised she called. On another, he was ticked off at himself for not asking for her number so he could call her.The phone only rang once."Hello?" Hello, Bailey?" he said, not sure if the number she had called him from was her house or a cell phone. He wasn't worried about. "Kyle almost exploded."You've become a police informer?" Disbelief clouded his face."Come on Kyle, what choice did I have? It was either that or go to jail!" They can't put you in jail for a little 'blow'. It's just your first offence, they'd let you off with a caution or some suspended sentence." No Kyle, you don't understand." For the first time in the evening Susan looked contrite. She bit her lip nervously."What don't I understand?" In Seattle, I got arrested for supplying marijuana.".