Things like standardizing software programs, writing office policies, and all the other mundane things that need to be done to have an efficiently run...business.”“True. I was involved in a lot of that type of thing, Carl, while working for my last employer. In fact, I doubt any business can survive without all their rules and policies. I dread the thought of the Rattler getting that big, and us being buried in all that bureaucratic bullshit. I’d want to quit and go start with another newspaper. Composing myself and wiping the tears from my cheeks before i turned to face him .. he stood fastening his jeans looking at me .. shaking his head .. he said "you better get used to that if you wanna work around here" I just nodded my head in silence and forced a smile .. he turned and walked to the car .. got in and started the engine .. he pointed to my ripped knickers on the bonnet and called out the window "pick your fucking knickers up" i did as i was told .. i didnt want to get back in. " Kim wanted desperately to ask if she could go back up to her room, so she could hide her naked body, but she knew the answer to that question before she asked it. The answer was written in her mother's eyes and her posture."Can I stay and watch TV tonight?" Kim tried to sound cheerful, but to her ears it came out like a slave asking for another stroke of the lash. Kim reflected that that was hard to say, but then, she had done a lot of hard things tonight."Of course, dear. You can stay until. Thank you.”They went to the kitchen and sat down. “So, what brings you two here?”Jim started off, “Well, after what we’ve been doing for the last few weeks, we, that is Margaret and I, talked things over and, we have decided to reevaluate our relationship.”“What does that mean?” asked a nervous Kathy.Margaret jumped in and took over saying, “What he is trying to say is that we are, resolving, our, differences. And we both know that there was an agreement with you and Jim regarding the rent,.