Répondez s’il-vous-plaît. Please respond. That still didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Who would say, ‘Please respond,’ in perfect French, t... a college sophomore in Jacksonville, then hang up before she could answer? The buzzer dinged, and she headed out of the elevator towards her car. For a brief moment, Lila tried to remember if there were security cameras in the parking garage. If there were, she was probably giving them a bit of a free show. But the idea didn’t seem to bother her too much,. She was second in line, lightly holding Tom’s belt just below the small of his back.Tom gave her an affirming grunt in reply. He had just climbed thirty-one stairs, ten percent of the first flight. At their current rate, this was going to take a hell of a long time, perhaps more time than they had water for. And even if they got to the surface, then what? There was no way to get into the White Mall home complex unless somebody let them in. Tom thought they would camp out outside the lounge door. “I think we could make an arrangement, Mr. Tasker”, she said. I shook my head, “No Katie. I’m not accepting any late work and there is no extra credit available. Sorry.” She smiled. “I wasn’t talking about anything like that. I had something else in mind.” From the flirtatious smile on her face and the naughty-sounding tone of her voice, I knew what she meant. A thousand different thoughts ran through my head in a matter of seconds. I always thought Katie was a very cute. For the hell of it, we decided to take the Wrangler. It looked like a good day and even if it was too cold in the morning, we had visions of taking the top off on the way home. And so, at way too early o’clock, we walked into the National Services Regional Office.I don’t know why I felt so nervous. I understood Livy being called in to be tested for her athletic ability as opposed to her athletic aptitude. I couldn’t think of a single reason either Rachel or me should be called in for more.