I told her its the least she could do considering she'd kicked you out of your own office" he answered sounding convincing."Who's she?" I responded"Th... new boss, she's an old mate." He grinned"Thanks. For the laptop" I smiled. Maybe he wasn't so bad."No problem"The next few days were quite in the office. And somehow I didn't mind Andy as much as I did before.It was Friday morning when Andrew burst into the office."Guess who Amanda has left in charge whilst she stuck in America?" He said. But she talked at length to Jackie about it back when it happened. You can’t just pull into yourself that way. Do you want to end up like Kara was after her breakdown? Hospitalized and simply going through the motions of life?”“That’s not going to happen,” I said.“Oh no? What would have happened if your friends hadn’t more or less forcibly dragged you out of that state you were in after Kara walked out on you? Hmm? Would you have even bothered going to class? Would you have even cared about. Tammy was all smiles. We both looked forward to Friday evening because we knew that, on Saturday, we would head back to Kansas City, our home base, for a few days. I asked Tammy if she had plans for dinner but she didn’t have and so I invited her to join me for some Tex-Mex at a restaurant down the street. Over a couple of Margaritas, we talked about the work project. I don’t know if it was the drinks or the fact that I was so keyed up and had finally found a moment to relax, but I took a. Anyway, my pet, you'd better be gone." Why? I haven't got to be there." No, you haven't but if your car is here much longer tongues will start to wag." But you're a bit of a way from the village. Who's going to see?"Manor Farm shepherd or any of their workers. Dog walkers. You can't move in this place without people knowing." Blimey! I thought we had a load of nosy-parkers. Is it really that bad?"Yup!" So that's why you've never whistled." One reason, yes!" And what's the other one?" Our.