"Hey, it's not so bad. Can I comein and talk a little?"Without waiting for an answer, she walked around to the other side ofthe car and slid into the ...assenger seat."I have AAA," she said. "I've already called it in." But they won't cover me." I know. They'll charge my account. It's okay, it's my treat." Thanks," he said, his throat choked. He tried to fight the new wave oftears but couldn't. He was startled when she reached out and pulled himinto her arms."Sometimes," she said, her voice. I went past Clara into Harold’s office. He hung up and I gave him the same news. He nodded OK and I left. I next went to Lincoln, going past Clarice into Richard’s office. Excusing myself to him, I told him the same information.I walked out, called Mr. Schwartz and asked if he had a problem with the possibility of casting a girl as the Wizard. He thought it was a clever idea. I called Jennie Robinson and asked if she had received the MS Word doc of the RENT script I had sent her. She approved. ” I took note of what she was wearing, and said, “Look, I don’t think that’s a good idea.” “Why not?” she asked right back. “Umm, I think you’re a little old to be getting in here with me,” I said, trying to make it sound non-negotiable. “Come on, Leon,” she continued, undeterred, “Can you hear that outside?” “Look, I know, but…,” Suddenly, there was a huge clap of thunder, that seemed to go straight over the house, shaking the ceiling, and rattling the windows and pictures on the. "At the store, Willie stopped her from taking the elevator to his office. "The investigator--Ben Glover--wants to interview you about the robbery. He's somewhere in the storeroom."Mavis' skin felt cold and scaly as that of a fish or a snake. She didn't want anything to do with Ben Glover--especially not in the darkened stockroom! But she watched Willie take the elevator to his office and she entered through the swinging doors.A match flared in the gloom, about ten feet away, and Mavis saw Ben.