"For me, some of the old times were a little painful. But, yes, I can get away for lunch. If you can hang around here, in the waiting room, for anothe... half hour or forty-five minutes, I'm pretty sure we can escape for a reasonably leisurely late lunch!" I am at your disposal," I told her. "My only reason for being in Baltimore at all right now is to submit to this examination. I have nothing vital to do for the rest of the month of February, except maybe check in with a Realtor to get started. I had taken maybe ten steps inside the room before my knees suddenly gave out. I yelped in shock as I hit the carpet hard on my knees. Fortunately I managed not to drop her and put her down on her feet. I couldn’t believe I had done that! “Is my boy toy in need of some more exercise?” Eve giggled, sticking her head up over the back of the couch, blue eyes twinkling. “I didn’t ask for a comment from the peanut gallery Eveline.” I gasped in pain. Brook stood by me with her hands on my. I used to LIVE in cyber-space. In the process of the change, all that 'boy' stuffhad been stripped away. All the trappings of masculinityhad been removed from my room, to be replaced with thestandard 17-year-old girl fair. Posters of pop idols,little toy horses. Crap. All empty, hollow... lies.I'd asked why the computer had been taken away, explainingthat lots of women were in the Information Technologyfield. My father had resorted to the 'Women shouldn't tryto think too much' crap.That night,. ." I do! Now, listen carefully! I know it's Ramsey... for sure! He's got two bird dogs out! One's a guy by the name of Jack Stearns. The other's named Pratt!" Yeah, I know Ollie Pratt. He used to be a fighter a few years back," Arnie said. "He was following me the last two days... and last night I put him out of commission!" What happened?" Ballard inquired.Quickly, Arnie filled him in, with a few laconic details.Jay added his own experience. "... And, Stearns tried to run me down with his.