Did you know Will resented you? Until quite recently when he became enslaved?”“Resented? How? Why? Hard to imagine. Don’t believe it.”“Will ...sked for a twin, so he could have a break from his responsibilities.”“And I stole his vacation?”“Only one of you was going on vacation. The other was stuck with the role of Will. If Will were you, you would be Will, and resentful as he was. Six of one, half dozen the other way.”“So now, as a slave, Will feels relieved of his irksome responsibilities?”“Oh,. ”“I think so, too. What about you? Where were you before you took over from Rex?” she asked.“Actually, I’ve worked for Dow as an intern when I was in college, then the past two years I’ve been learning my responsibilities with Rex. But when you saw me I was being introduced as your new Dow rep. I’ve been living in Michigan until I was assigned to this western territory.”“Welcome to the West Coast,” she smiled. “Where are you living?”“I’ve got an apartment in Hayward, but I’ve been out here. Was Miranda. Miranda Wright..."Cal felt as though he had been hit in the face with a sledgehammer.Staggering, he walked over to the railing and leaned on it, resistingthe urge to vomit. "Cal? You okay, bud?" Dan's voice echoed. Cal closedhis eyes, trying to calm the troublesome emotions that were soonoverflowing in his heart. "What's wrong, Cal?" he felt a callused handgrasp his shoulder and squeeze encouragingly. Althea was in a state ofshock, also leaning, but on her knees.Cal looked at him,. She also had short, black, straight hair in the other place women are hirsute.He put his arm around her as she spoke. She was not accustomed to having someone listen. Usually she was just told what to do like a robot. She did seem to relax a bit as she told him she was barely sixteen from a very poor family but knew that she needed an education to get ahead in the world. For people of her social class, there was no public school. She had looked and looked for a job that would pay enough to even.