“So where is your apartment, Uncle Caleb?” Gillian asked. I think she loved the whole ‘Uncle Caleb’ thing, she used it all the time. “I don’t know myself,” Caleb said. “A friend rented it for me, and gave me directions. … Continue reading
“Are you awake, girls?” I heard Caleb say, and I rolled over. He was on the phone. “Oh, well, good. Come over then.” He rolled over and looked at me, “Better get up, love, the girls are ready,” and went … Continue reading
My parents discussed it with us, and they decided to let Jenny and her friend, Gillian, come with us in our car instead of waiting till Christmas. Some of their teachers weren’t thrilled, but my father could be persuasive, it was … Continue reading
“Did you tell everybody? Everybody back home, that is?” I asked in the shower the next morning. We weren’t the first to put two people in one of these showers, but it was my first time certainly, and I felt … Continue reading
26 Quite an Evening Everyone came down for the play. Caleb had offered, several times, to come to rehearsal, but he was always refused, “My dear chap,” Craig said, “You are perfectly free to practice on your own. It … Continue reading
25 Pale and Vulnerable But the furor was so huge that the feds seemed to back off completely. We didn’t trust them, tho, and kept our security high as we finished our interviews. “I have all the data, my … Continue reading
24 Marshall our forces, we attack at Sunset I didn’t get much sleep that whole week. We spent the whole time contacting and inteviewing people. River had a wonderful idea and she rented some of the ‘life drawing’ rooms … Continue reading
23 Laying in wait “Well, this is getting to be a routine,” River said when I walked in with Caleb. “For someone who won’t sleep with her, you certainly seem to spend a lot of time in her bed.” … Continue reading
22 Can you answer a few questions? Not having to act around my roomates was a blessed release. Knowing how poorly I had done, on the other hand, was not. I now worried that everyone on campus knew that … Continue reading
21 A Visit from Vermin We weren’t, of course. Not for loud knockers on doors. Even River moved rapidly to get clothes on, and Tess, after pulling on a shirt, helped me frantically pull my gown together and tied it … Continue reading
