You like to dress as a girl and you and I both know it, and itlooks like someone thinks you're pretty enough to be a model of somekind. You have nothi...g to lose by going, so go get changed and be readyas soon as you can." But I haven't been out of the house since I was 14!" Then it's time isn't it? Mom got that apprehensive look on her face andasked me what I had to wear."What I had on last night of course, a denim skirt, and um, a sundress." That won't do at all! I'll find something for you to. Eventually, we weretold Helen's condition was no longer life-threatening but parts of theleft side of her face and her left arm would remain numb for theforeseeable future. She would be moved to the therapy wing of NYUhospital and stay there two weeks, then go back and forth as anoutpatient. I arranged for any ancillary needs not covered by ourmedical plan to be paid by me.Helping Mattie Get Ready for WorkLeah and I spent the rest of the afternoon formulating a plan. Icommitted to going back. I just put myarm around Angie, hugged her, and told him: 'Tomorrow morning, ten AM,rain or shine'."I don't know which of us was more embarrassed; Angie or me. Jeromehadn't met Alan yet; didn't know anything about the hours we had put inon the project. I couldn't take back what I had said and Jerome was notgoing to let it go. He started asking us questions, really probativequestions about the project and established we both knew what we weretalking about. He told us exactly those words. He said. ‘If you know who he is… why not just terminate him?’ Tanner inquired rather puzzled, his missions always having been filled with the highest level of unknowns and uncertainty imaginable. ‘If only it were that easy,’ the man in the white lab coat chuckled. ‘No *man* can get within a hundred miles of Xavier Abrasky.’ ‘Also we need to know just how extensive his knowledge of our organization goes… termination is the final stage of your mission… learning what he knows is the primary objective,’.