. " My flat is just around the corner, come and have a chat" " Ok " said Emma, and followed him out, they walked 100 yards and up to his home. " Did y...u get your Course work done, " Mike asked as they sat down , Emma bit her lip, looked down and said, " No Mike, I'm sorry!" Mike said, " Your Company pays good money for this tuition, I shall have to report you !" Emma said " Oh Mike please don;t report me, I'll do anything !" "In my old boarding school you would have got the cane Girl!!" Mike. .."She looked at me. "Yeah, but then what? What does a 52 year old mando?" I shrugged. "Exactly. You should really go up there." I have nothing to say." My stomach was churning, my internist wouldhave a fit if he knew what I ate. I was supposed to avoid anythingcarbonated or acidic.She moved next to me. "Yeah, well, go say it. You're as fuckingpigheaded as he is. You know that's why you're here..." Steve was willing to pay me $10,000 to come here? Jesus, he really isfucking dumb," I. He was acting strange, perhaps he was lonely. He had mentioned something earlier about needing to get out of the house more, hadn’t he? He kept chuckling to himself, more out of embarrassment than actual amusement. I reminded him of the time and that the dog still needed to be walked. I saw them to the door. The dog was panting, running around in his new sweater, already deliriously happy at the thought of his walk and my ex-sweetheart was smiling. I smiled back at him and shut the door. It. ..”, Rose let out, trying her best to keep her voice even. The man looked up at her, acknowledging her briefly, before turning his gaze back to the small robot in his hands. Rose recalled having seen a similar one in pictures; she was pretty sure it was made for cleaning floors. “You wouldn't happen to know where the bunks are, would you? I'm... new here, and this place is just so big and- ”. “And grey?”, the man laughed, not seeming to notice the strain Rose was under. She nodded quickly, and.