Then a smile slowly crept over his face."Roxana, yes it would work. Congratulations Roxana!!" He cheered "Youjust got a promotion. Tonight we are mo...ing you up to waitress." I don't think that such a good idea Scott" Veronica jumped in trying tointervene."SHUT UP VERONICA!!" Scott screamed. "Angela just quit with no noticeand Zoe is already on vacation and out of town. That leaves just onewaitress for tonight which ain't going to cut it. She's our number twotonight!" Scott I am not sure I. Mark noticed the conspicuous absence of Sara, although he knew that she was home. He was very conscious of not making obvious his concern though, but all through the weekend he could feel that Sara was avoiding him. By Sunday evening, he felt like a leper.In the week that followed, nothing changed much; Mark continued work mowing lawns in the neighborhood to earn a little spending money and Sara spent most of her time hanging out at her friend Sally's house. Mark continued to feel a bit nervous. I had sort of pinned her there when I had blindly picked this washbowl. As I reached for some paper towels to dry my shaking hands, I heard her inhale – the kind of sound someone makes as they are about to say something. I cringed and pulled my head down into my shoulders, expecting the worst."I guess you really needed that, " she said, half in question. My head snapped up in surprise and my eyes must have been saucers. She smiled gently and put her hand on my arm. "It's OK, dear. We all have. The conclusion we’ve reached is that the situation is worse than we thought. The fish populations are declining at an alarming rate.”“That’s not good news,” Leland said.Dr. Donaldson said, “One of the initial premises was that a part of the problem concerned water quality. In particular, a lack of nutrients. We took water samples over a full year period of time. The water samples confirmed something that we already believed.”“What is that?” Leland asked.“Water quality is part of the problem,”.