Right now, there was no escape.I physically stamped my foot a little in frustration, unaware of ifeither of my parents had noticed, but finding the lo...d slap of theflats on my foot against the doorstep to not have the desired effect.I headed toward the passenger side of the car, getting flashbacks oncemore to the night that the real Katy had stood in the vicinity wearingjeans, handing me the much more feminine and undeniably teenage clothesof hers that I was wearing now.As I stepped into the. Liz left the door open while we made our way to the other door.We were almost there when it went flying open and a voice shouted, "CHARLIE, ARE YOU OKAY? THE BOSS..." That was the end of that conversation because the speaker ate a load of buckshot into his upper chest and head. All right, so I'll admit it, my aim was disturbed because I was walking when I fired. Nevertheless, I accomplished what I had intended, so I did not sweat the details.There was a man behind the speaker, and Liz took care. If I had known whatwe'd find out..."A door a couple of rooms over opened, and Kara glanced at it nervously."Do you, uh, mind if I step in for a second?"Eli realized the stupidity of what he was doing instantly. What was hethinking? Talking about this with the door open? No privacy? Thankfullyhe hadn't said anything with any detail to it. That wasn't going to helphim build any trust.Eli blushed. "Sure. Of course." He opened the door wider and Karahurried in. "Sorry. That was stupid of me."Kara. "So, what kind of a work you do?" she asked me when taking a sip of coffee. "I work with, um… numbers," I started when she bursted to laugh. "Hey, I'm really smart you know so you can tell me what it is that you do," she told me with a huge smile. Of course she is smart - she works in the law office after all! "I'm in the finance department" I continued. "My job is to make sure all the numbers add up so to speak." She was listening with a genuine interest. I told her we have 3 people beside me.