Oh god she was turning towards me, I could already see the look of disgust she was about to give. When I finally saw her face however she was smiling....Then, just so there wouldn’t be any questions about if she knew what I was doing or not, she winked at me. She had heard, she had absolutely heard but why was she smiling? I could feel my face going bright red and when she saw this she giggled then went back to writing. I quickly turned off my toy and shoved it back into my bag. Professor Thames. She’d thanked me for being there when she needed someone (I’m not so arrogant as to think she needed me—she just needed someone that night at the wedding) and had then gone even further by gracing me with her presence for a couple of hours in the English class. In her world, that was more than enough thanks. I fully expected the world to right itself when I got to school and for everything to go back to what passed for normal at Micester High.So when I sat down at our usual table at lunchtime. The ringing of the conference phone at Mary’s desk in the ball room shattered the silence like a shotgun blast. Mary hit the speaker button.“Mary Cullens speaking,” Mary answered.“Yes, it Miss Williams and Miss Itoh with you?” the manager’s voice didn’t need to be introduced.“Yes sir,” Emiko said.“Of course sir,” Kelly chirped.“Very well,” the manager’s voice said, “As you know we approved this remote work on a provisional basis as long as the team continued to produce results. We have been. There were two women one who was young and one who was older. I asked what the occasion was and the older woman said, “Today is my daughter, Cassie’s birthday.” “Well congratulations Cassie. How old are you?” I asked. “Eighteen” she said with a smile, “mother has told me so much about this restaurant and how it has the best food anywhere, but I never got to try it before because you have to be 18 to eat here.” Her daughter was wearing a tight black skirt with a white blouse. She was thin with.