Towards Tonight.

Ginia left after a quick sandwich from the staff cafeteria, she had work, a meet with Liz and then get home to a visit with Leigh and Paul tonight. I got some marking done, observed my new protege for half a period, tidied up some work that I'd got behind in for the Literary Journal. Fortunately I had unlocked the door to Randolph's office that we share, about an hour later, Randolph came to see me, he didn't seemed worried, a bit perplexed anyway he obviously had something to say, “Mike, Liz has just rung me asking for a meeting and I've told her three tomorrow afternoon, should I be prepared for the worst?”

“No, at this stage and as far as I'm concerned I've made no decisions one way or another, and too be honest sir I don't know that the situation will change for at least the next week. Also I've been able to find a lot more out about what was going on and to be brief it was not near as bad as what it could be.”

“Son, that's good news, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you both then. Also the problem with my wife no longer exists, at all Mike she is officially out of the picture son. Oh and I don't know I've told you Leigh came over last weekend and we talked with her all afternoon, she is such a pleasure, and she's definitely got her head screwed on right too, she introduced us to Paul, she said You'd already met him? I hope they keep seeing each other, even at a young age they fit neatly together Mike, .......mind you I said that about her crazy mother and lo...”

I had to interject, “AND You were right, Sir, we do fit neatly together, a friend told me just today, bad things happen to good people and she's right Randolph, more to the point after her story I'm starting to think we dodged a huge bullet. Sir believe me I'm not going to go off half cocked over this thing with Liz.”

The rest of the day finished, Gin rang me just before I left for home, “Hi Doll, what's happening?”

“Our chat with Liz went well, M, she seems a little resigned though.”

“Okay, should I be worried then?”

“No more than you probably are Mike, no I think that there was a reservedness in her talk today but it appears that reality might be starting to bite, plus she never bought it up at all but she must have heard the news with Benny by now, don't you think.”

“Yeah I'd imagine, maybe with Devon still missing she's waiting for the hammer to fall on her?”

“Nah, M, I thought about that too but that doesn't make sense given that Alexis is still up and standing, that whore, given what the three of them were getting up to, would of disappeared when Devon went missing otherwise. Nah, reality M, reality does things to ya head especially when its been missing for a while, reality I mean, well actually maybe your head as well, I guess.”

“Okay, So I'll keep an eye out tonight, are you gonna give me a call after the kids are done? And if you do, ring me on my cell, not my landline, God Gin can you imagine ringing me on my landline and Liz picking it up, it'd be like 'sorry Liz I just need to talk to your husband 'bout my son and your daughter', ha-ha-ha-ha-he. ”

“Yeah, well laugh it up landline boy, huh after that conversation all I'd haf ta do is hang up and leave ya ass to it.”

“True. Well, good luck for tonight, oh and with Leigh tonight, don't blink she takes it as a weakness.”

“Mike, you can be such an asshole!”

“He-he-he, I know. luv ya.”