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facts are important. I went to a guidance
counselor the next day and easily passed Psych. 101.
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    A couple of days later I was reading the
textbook for Psych. 102 at the lair of the bear, when I heard a
familiar voice from Oaxaca.
    “Hello Alice, do you mind if I join you?” Yeah
it was Karla, the Jimmy Stewart of the spy world.
    “Of course not, you are always welcome.”
    “Thank you. I see you easily passed Psych.
101.”
    “You get around Karla. I suppose you’re
vice-president in charge of student affairs.”
    “No,” he really does have a nice chuckle just
like Jimmy, “but I am very friendly with the administration. And
you are a registered student now. Congratulations”.
    “Thank you.”
    “I had to give you a little help there
though.”
    “Oh?”
    “Yes. You did a superb job providing the
necessary paperwork.”
    “Thank you. It wasn’t too difficult to get the
right form and have it made out properly.”
    “Yes, excellent work. Except…”
    “Yes?”
    “Except a careful clerk noticed you have no
transcripts on file. Now how could that be? You were admitted, so
they had to be there. A great puzzlement for the young man.”
    “Yes, I can see that.”
    “The dean of students called because I have an
excellent reputation for solving puzzles. I told him I knew Alice
Shannon and assured him the transcripts must exist and I would do
my best to find them. And guess what. Here are copies. I‘m amazed
how well you did, such excellent grades and high honors. You might
want to look them over carefully in case you may have forgotten
some of the details. The originals are in a filing cabinet at the
last high school you attended.”
    “Oh thank you so much, Karla. I have no idea how
they could have been misplaced, but I’m so grateful you were able
to find them. How can I ever thank you?”
    “Well, I do have a little something, if you have
the time.”
    “I thought you might.”
    “Could you meet me in the Administration
building when you finish? Go in the front door, turn right and down
the hallway to the fifth door on the left.”
    “It will be a pleasure.”
    “As it will be for me.” I watched a Karla
walked away. Pretty well preserved for God knows how old he is.
     

CHAPTER 17
    He offered a cup of coffee, but no chocolate
donuts.
    “A student copied sensitive material onto a
flash drive like this one.” It was black with the usual silver end
that plugs into the computer. “The student left the drive in a drop
box, which in this case is a locker in the girl’s gym. The pickup
is going to take place this evening around nine, and we need to get
the drive back before that happens.”
    “Why not call the cops?”
    “We don’t want them to know we’re aware of what
they are doing, and hope for a little anger and confusion when the
drive disappears.”
    “Ok, an easy Zip.”
    “Exactly.”
    He spread out a map of the gym. “The girl’s side
is here, and the lockers are on both sides of this corridor. Number
742 has the flash drive and is located here.”
    “Do I need identification?”
    “If anyone asks just say you’re new and want to
look around.”
    “What do I do with the drive?”
    “Give it to Jimmy Taylor, your new guidance
counselor. He’ll be in this building, Room 146.”
    The gym is just back of the Administration
building. Followed the signs to the girl’s side and walked past
742. The drive is near the front. Kept going and looked around the
gym for a while. Lots of exercise equipment and vending machines
with power drinks. Oh my, two kinds of girls using the equipment,
those that don’t need them and those who do who’ll give it a try
and drop out within a week.
    Then walked past 742 again, and off to Jimmy
Taylor.
    “Hello, glad to meet you. Please come in and
we’ll go over your schedule”.
    He’s a tiny, red haired guy in his 30’s with a
big smile. Reminds me of Maggie O’Flanigan. If he also has the
Gift, maybe all those stories