I suppose you had better call me Hank. I'm not youremployer any more. What have you tried?" "I've been looking for work ever since you fired me.... I need to pay my rent, and to eat,and I'd like to make enough to send some to my mother and brother and two sisters. They live inMexico, and since my father died, I'm pretty much their sole support." He furrowed his brow. "The only job I seem to be qualified for, maybe, is as a call girl. Would you recommend I takeit?" He looked me over. Of course. Education. That was why she had made so much of my leaving school at sixteen, never getting a degree. Education. Alone in the office, I closed my eyes and thought that as far as sex was concerned, Beverley had been – continued to be – my university. But that started my mind on another unexpected journey. Back twenty-five years to what I thought corresponded in every sense to a basic education.********************************** My parents thought I was misguided when I stubbornly. ‘And you have no idea how happy I am you came back here with me.’ Soft kisses were placed from my neck to my jaw while he spoke, ‘I never thought I would be so lucky, not after seeing you day and day again sitting at your locker.’ My jaw dropped! ‘You remember seeing me?’ Obviously I was floored. I was the quiet, socially awkward type. I would be surprised if anyone not in my grade knew who I was. ‘I do,’ he replied huskily, ‘I liked seeing you then, and I’m gonna love seeing you now.’ He. Suddenly she was flying faster than anything on this orb ever did. In less than a minute she landed back where she took off. She got into her body and slipped out of bed. She walked into the living room, turned on the television and was both shocked and pleased that she had succeeded in her pursuit. It was February 6th, not the 5th. She took off early morning of the 5th. She slid back to Kent's side and left her body again to return. It was almost as if she hadn't left his side at all. She felt.