. especially in 'retirement'.A Bexar County social services office had some interest in my experience, but as their civil service worked strictly on s...niority for promotion and not merit (with no exceptions) I would be starting fairly low, near the bottom of their career ladder. I'd be spending my days handling crack babies and mothers. I didn't think I could manage much enthusiasm for doing that non-stop for very long, so I turned them down. Another job with the local United Way office wasn't. .. anyway... I was ready to face the music... which would doubtless be awaiting me in the form of my mom's wrath.Surprisingly no one mentioned it at dinner and I was beginning to bask in the false security of thinking I had been let off. I was even smiling to myself. After dinner mom told me that since I did not do well in math, she had decided that till the final examinations were over, I would have to spend my evening study time at the math teacher's house, which was just 2 blocks away from. "Go sit down," he muttered.When they had, the judge turned to the jury."I'll instruct you on the hypnosis issue later, when I send you to deliberate. I'm going to overrule the prosecutor's objection, but that doesn't mean I'm awarding any reliability to information obtained under hypnosis. That's going to be your job." He didn't say it out loud, but both attorneys understood he was going to allow testimony based on refreshed memory, rather than discretionary statements. That let him off the. He followed along and the both walked to the nearby reception desk.The pretty college age brunette at the desk looked up at them. She was talking on the phone and looked up at them with a smile and a 'please be patient look'. "I will certainly give him your message," she said into the phone. Scott noticed that she was making no effort to write anything down. She hung up the phone with a grimace and smiled at the agents. "Salesmen!" she said with a small laugh. "May I help you?" "Yes, we're here.