Then I took Rachel out aspromised and let her drive.The next morning we loaded up the extra food we'd cooked and took itdown to the shelter. She knew ... lot of people there who recognized herand told her they were happy for her.We sat down at dinner in our new house, everyone crowded in andoverflowing into the living room and family room. it went well andpeople were sitting around visiting when Grandma Night Bird said,"Rachel honey, someone needs to see you." We all looked at her waitingfor more. It was about this time that she thought about her roommate Sharon, and being that she hadn’t seen her in quite some time she became a little concerned.She placed her hand on Bruce’s arm and asked, “Have you seen my friend Sharon?”He looked around the room and said, “She doesn’t seem to be in here. Come on, we’ll check the rest of the house.”And off they went searching for Sharon. Working from front to back they cleared the main rooms on the floor, and went to the basement, though Bruce was sure. Cramer even looked different with a broader smile than she was accustomed to seeing and somehow with more hair. She wondered if he had invested in a cheap toupee. She saw the man twice more – once in the distance near the playing field again and later in the afternoon in the corridor right by the sports lockers. As before, whenever she approached, he simply disappeared. She decided that the only way to handle the situation was to do nothing whatsoever and allow him to make the next move…if. But why don't we take her out for a nice long lunch? You're one hell of a replacement but I'm really going to miss her."Before I could respond, Kathy said, "I'll bring in a cake."That took care of the festivities for Linda's last day.We went to our desks to retrieve our purses. I suddenly remembered my promise to show up at the lot where I got my BMW and make my weekly sex payment for my car. I just can't do it, not after what we just did. I dug Boyd's card out of my wallet and called him. I.