"They might well mind that, though," Fiona said. "You mean they never got high, these ... Fiona. Here, try a little. We'll see things the same way." "Thanks, no. ...
to the date when some gizmo called the BIOS chip was manufactured, which couldn't be before ... 1980. BIOS means Basic Input-Output System? But this guy's a PC aficionado who sniffs at ...
kind ness had failed to do. Then one day Bartholomew came home and said that Lorraine was in love with ... him. Lorraine was a tall, graceful woman from Liverpool who worked part-time as a receptionist at ...
Lorraine's voice sparked up in the silent gloom. I will miss Short Hills, she said. I will miss our lovely ... cabin. Shocked, caught off guard, heads lifted or turned, memory snatch ing their necks. Lorraine was ...
smile, pursed with mischief, would warm any man near it. Fiona can see that. Her shorts have cuffs and ... her tucked-back legs are pale but pretty. It is like the photos Fiona grew up with, in its ...
sweetest voice I added, "Well, well, what a life." Fiona lay in bed, trying to sleep. Her ... to eat. Fiona, I realized, was terribly upset. She said I had acted in bad taste. I had gone too far, ...
putting his arms around her waist in a strong hug. Over her shoulder his long jaw hung slack. Lorraine ... cup." "Wonderful," said Aunt Lorraine. "Or we'll think you ...