<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cdc1/04s7432n614occi4g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Chloe Dawson<br/>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</span></span></div></div><div class="floatright">(http://i67.tinypic.com/211wkxv.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… dry off on the clean towel she provides ... let my hair out of the clip and use the comb from my purse ... good enough ... towel around me, head out to get dressed ... she tells me there's coffee ... detour for a cup and back to the bedroom ... finish dressing and return to the kitchen to check messages and sip coffee ... she comes in ready to go …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“I have to stop home to change. My animals won't recognize me like this. Too tall and not in jeans.” #<em>Giggle</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  we head down and I have a moment of panic before realizing the SUV is the other direction ... it beeps when I unlock it with the remote ... we head for my condo …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Um, we need to talk today Kimmie. And tomorrow maybe if we can't figure things out today. But I can't think about that until my critters are happy and I have some breakfast. So please bear with me if I seem sullen. I have a morning ritual that I need to restart and once the critters are all happy, I'll be ready for some Kimmie time.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  we drive to the Charles and across the bridge and into my condo's underground parking ... up the elevator and to my place ... inside, I head for the bedroom …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Make yourself at home Kimmie. Look around. I'll be quick.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  panties and socks and bra and jeans and a T-shirt ... my flat boots ... tie my hair back ... into the bath for a quick check ... touch of lipstick will have to do ... back out …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“OKay, let's go!”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  down again and back out ... short drive along the river and then into the campus ... park in the faculty lot ... the door buzzes for my pass ... the anteroom to the lab …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“I can't take you into the lab Kimmie. Protocol. You can watch through the glass here. Vending is down the hall. Wave my card at it and pick what you want. I could eat a egg and bacon and cheese bagel. Oh, and use the Keurig there.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  hand her my card ... make a cup of the fierce espresso blend I enjoy and head for the door to the lab ... punch in my code …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“See you in 15 minutes for that sandwich.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>…  open the door to the lab ... Kimmie can hear the monkeys as the door opens and until it closes ... the quiet as they realize I'm there ... apologize for being late ... feed the monkeys first ... then the rats ... then back out to see what Kimmie has managed …</em></span></span><br/>