Jennifer tried to talk to Heather’s mom but got exactly nowhere. Jesse and his friends are royally pissed at her. They really got on Paul’s case, ...s they should have, and he regrets being what Birgit would call a ‘dumb boy’, but there is no way to fix it because apparently Heather’s mom doesn’t believe in redemption. Even more concerning, I’m seeing strains of that in society as a whole - certain activities or certain beliefs are so bad that nobody can ever recover from them. It’s like how. And that she had asked for brie thatmorning, and wasn't just saying she had. I sighed and started theengine.At the market I ran into one of our blabby neighbors, Mrs. Perkins, amiddle-aged woman in an outfit that was long out of style. She began totell me about some problem with her lawn service but then stoppedtalking.Peering hard at my face, she asked, "Are you coming down with a fever orsomething? Your cheeks are all flushed."I just mumbled a few words about how I had been running around. .. Arlene and Ann are far better than the best of the other pilots.”He hesitated a second but went on as if something had just dawned on him. “There was a time when Arlene’s and Ann’s abilities seemed to level off at just below my best. In other words, I could beat them, but I had to put forth a serious effort to do so. Lately though, something has happened. Both Arlene and Ann have suddenly seemed to jump to a higher level of competence – a much higher level. Di, in that interceptor, they can. Angeline had been just about to offer to get her coat and head home so he could get to bed, when he said, ‘I really shouldn’t let you go. You’ve had what? Four glasses of wine already? And in that weather, well, it’s not safe. Besides,’ he smiled at her, and she remembered how she used to melt for those dimples, ‘I am really enjoying talking to you, and it would be a shame for you to go.’ ‘Well,’ she said slowly (the wine was making everything about her slower and a little reckless), ‘I don’t.