"Mark shot out of his seat, but still was second in line for one of the microphones. When he finally got a chance to speak, he asked, "I want to come ...ack to this idea of the treatment plant expansion for a moment," he said. "I understand that the problem there is the widely varying rates of flow. Wouldn't it be simpler, and possibly cheaper, to design the plant for a high rate of dilute flow, and then during times of low flow, just pump water in from the lake and process it to keep the flow. ’ Part of me felt relieved she was, without a doubt, gone and not a problem anymore. But at the same time, I didn’t want to perpetuate that which made me suffer. Last thing I wanted to be was Pierce. I wanted to forget my past, but I didn’t want to become my past in the attempt to move on from it.“Yo, Adam. Wake up.” Carson’s voice broke me out of my trance.“Wuh? Sorry.” I shuffled uncomfortably.“You cool?”“Yeah, just ... stress from exams and shit.” I rubbed my eyes.Carson’s smile got wider.. How are you…” “Were you watching me?” she erupted. Not in a harsh way, but direct. I stammered a moment and nodded. “Do you always watch me?” I answered again with a nod, and she reached up and untied her top. Blue with white polka dots fell away, revealing tanned skin and pink nipples. They were hard and inviting. “Is this what you wanted to see?” she asked, a smile beginning to cross her face. Her eyes had moved down and noticed my throbbing cock underneath my pants. “Would like me to suck. (We had a communal mailbox inthe downstairs lobby which anyone who had managed to get into thebuilding could access.) However, when he was home he kept very regularhours. He didn't seem to drink too much, unlike some people I could name.Though he fitted into our little community smoothly enough, I thought hewas maybe a bit dull if anything, and as he showed few signs of wantingto get to know me better I made no effort to develop any kind of closerfriendship.It was about two months after Ken.