"Do you want to stand as president of the MCR?" Simon asked one evening as they lay together in Sally's bed."MCR?" asked Sally, who for a moment wonde...ed whether Simon was talking about a biotech company. "Oh, the Middle Common Room. I'm not sure. It could be a lot of work." It isn't at all," said Simon. "I've been doing it for the past year and I think you'd be ideal to take over the role. It'd look perfect on your CV. Employers care about that kind of shit. It shows maturity and leadership. We caravanned onto the Interstate and more cars were waiting. In Montgomery, we picked up more police cars. About a third were in front and the rest were following me. Every one of them had the lights on. Every once in a while, a front car would give his siren a squawk to move someone but we just rode along all the way to Greenville.Greenville police were waiting at the exit and added their number to the rest. Our caravan pulled into the church lot and I was stopped at the front door of the. More than that, it's fun."We talked about other things for a while until we reached home. It was not that late so we decided on a movie to watch, and changed into our pajamas for it.I was changed first and relaxing on the settee, waiting for my daughter. When she appeared, she was carrying her laptop computer. And she was wearing a very dainty pink silk nightie.I couldn't help but whistle a note on seeing her. She smiled and twirled. "You like?" You look gorgeous darling. I bet that frilly. The first week after school ended, I just relaxed. I hung out with Larry, I did my chores and I biked. I had a date with Bethany for dinner that went just like the previous one. We held hands after the meal, and she wasn’t shaking as badly. A good sign.On Friday, I talked to Joyce and we arranged to have dinner in a couple of weeks. As usual, she would drive to my house. We’d go to dinner and figure out what we wanted to do from there. It was totally casual.Bethany called me on Friday and.