. XXX I back off a little, and just in time, too, as true weariness starts to worm its way in. “Mr. Power once again streams into me, and I realize she must be coming again, too, but I don’t have enough spare thought to block any of it, as my own bliss overwhelms me. But if I do that, I’ll be late for work, even though I’m early now. It’s only then that I realize she’s teasing me. Suddenly Becky is right there, leering at me. Because some subtle instinct had told me I should? Did she know what’d happened with Sheila and me? “You’re beautiful too. What I know now, is mainly due to reading the reports afterwards. I guess I can kind of understand with Becky, if I’d been the best
