A few less classes would give me more time for work and enjoyment. If all went well I could take a bigger load the next year.Jen was doing well and wa... ready for school to start. Over the summer she had turned 17 and after I helped teach her to drive, Dad got her a car. It was small and didn't use much gas so she was able to pay for fuel and minor repairs with the money she made from chores at home and cleaning at my place.My schedule went back to pretty much what it was at the end of the. “We only really need to clear a small area around the truck. We get a lot of snow here, so I have a plow attachment for the front of the truck. It will do most of the work.”“Why...”“Don’t be mad at her. I think you still make her nervous, and with me asleep she wanted to find somewhere for you to go outside of the house, so she asked you to do this. Not that it’s all a waste. We would have had to do some of it to get the blade attached.”Taylor thought about it, including how he’d woken her with. "Have no mercy on me, I deserve none."She herself did not know where those words, or the strength to utter them, came from. Manu, looking down on her prostrate form, smiled faintly; he did know.Today's program would start at 11:00. The hands on the clock, on the wall, made their way, inexorably, towards the appointed hour. Lila drank, water, juice and coffee, while Aisha kept her IVs going. Both of them noted Manu's frown whenever the IV bag was renewed. While visibly unhappy about it, he did. "I'm sorry but I've got get to workPrincipal Sattler, please tell me what the issue is with Dani." Mrs. Blau..." Dr. Blau." Just a minute."Mom shuts the door. Stares at the clock. Winks at me and then knocks onthe door, again."Mrs...." Doctor....." I am still on the phone." I looked at the clock, you asked for a minute, I gave you three."Mom doesn't leave the doorway."I was on the phone with the Department of Social Services......" Apparently they put you on hold. I presume you were calling.