But without the whole embezzling thing, that was super dumb. I’d be on the cover of one of those ‘richest business owners of America’ magazines ...ike ‘Ayanna Bledsoe: Skills that pay the bills’.” She squeezed Alaina’s shoulder and smiled, her eyes dancing with excitement. “I just decided though. You know what a hospital is, A? It’s a business. And I’m gonna learn to manage one. I’ll be there with you the whole way. Friends forever, right, A?”Alaina jerked upright, agog at her friend. “You .... Sunt bulversat. Auzul acestor cuvinte ma face sa-mi dispara si ultimul iz de ratiune si ma impinge la pacat. Cu o mana ferma o strang la piept, ajutat de faptul ca se eliberase de greutatea caciulii si-a hainei de blana, o apuc de par si-o trag inspre mine. Ne lipim gurile una de alta, de parca de asta ar fi depins viata pe planeta insasi. Are o limba atat de dulce si de jucausa, niste buze mari, fierbinti. Imi transmite parca toata energia ei prin acel sarut prelung si pasional. Ma aplec spre. ”“How am I too young to know what dad won’t do?”“You are not going to get me to tell you,” she insisted. All through our conversation mom and dad had been yelling as they had been before but now we heard a crashing sound like something had been thrown against a wall. Then we could hear more shouting and a slamming door. Mom then gave out what Liz and I called her victory scream. She usually only did this when dad left the house.It was now quiet in the house but I still wanted to know what. He wanted an early start because of the time change. I invited him to join me for an early breakfast.The real work would start tomorrow. It was 2100 when the affair closed down for the night.I went to my desk in the Oval Office; the girls and the boys had turned in as soon as we landed as the jet lag had proven just too much. My desk was neat and orderly with piles tagged with their importance. I took the most important pile and read for an hour, adding questions and thoughts in the margins. I.