"Shame he can't see me getting alone with you." I miss father, and Jack saying he would be proud, feels good but it hurts, too. I take a step back and try not to look upset. That's not hard, I always look unpleasant. "Not really my decision to bring in an outside man." I shrug. "That's up to Manning."

"You two better get going, don't want to piss your boss off." I wave them off again and step back to the stack of albums in the back of my room. I hope Liz didn't melt any of them.

(dropping out)