Damn, she thought. "Dr. Hiller, I was wondering—" No.”He blinked. "I didn't even finish?" Would I like to join you for a drink after work? That's ...hat you were going to ask, right?" My friend is opening a new bar in the city tonight. We could drive up." It's late." We can still make the after-party." You're my assistant, and it's not appropriate for us to date." One drink?" Is one too many. Go do inventory. Now." He shut the door very quietly behind him. Sharon pinched the bridge of her nose. It was a great little moment for us both. the soon swam off and we picked up everything and started heading to the car, i gave you a hug and told you thank you. but we will need more bread, you smiled and said yep, so back to the store we went. pick up a few more drinks and bread and headed off again. we soon arrived at our destination, a small cottage next to the ocean. the views were just amazing, even you were surprised at the view. we had small cottages. And Jasper, I've been thinking about your microbiologist friend. How big a role will he be playing in your research?" A small one. I mean, he'll help us with whatever we ask for, but Anna Belle and I really want this to be our project. Besides, Elmer's always been pretty good about offering hints and suggestions rather than solutions. He might aim us in one direction or another, but he'd never come right out and tell us what we should be doing."Ms. Sellers nodded and said, "Sounds like Elmer is. It was obvious the owner was gay and hejust smiled as he looked at paper telling me "You go girl!"I went back to the apartment and poured myself a healthy double. I sat atthe table with my drink and stared first the court order then my driverslicense. I felt a satisfaction that finally I was me. I knew this wasjust another step but to me it was an important one. I did walk over tothe bar and had dinner there. Kathy and the girls there were all happyfor me and kept buying me drinks. I do admit I.