LOGAN'S THE MORNING AFTER

Logan woke-up first. Max was still there, and hadn't move much during the night. He looked at the clock on the table near him, 10:00 AM.
'What?, Oh My God!!!...Sophie!' He turned towards Max to skaked her a little.

"Max, Max wake-up!", he said gently in her ear."WAKE-UP!!!"

"What?!" 'Is there a bomb in the building?' She thought.

" Max please, it's 10 o'clock and Sophie must be starved to death!" Max then realized that he couldn't move without her moving
aside.

" Oh!..." She pushed herself away. Logan sat and got in the wheelchair. He opened his bedroom door. 'Weird, he thought, I don't
remember closing it.'

When he got to Sophie's room, the bed was empty. But before having a stroke, he heard noises in the kitchen and followed them.

"Good morning Logan!" It was Bling lurking at him and smiling strangely.

" Bling, I almost got an heart attack when I saw the empty bed." He paused, and looked at Sophie all happy in her highchair. " What
are you doing here? It's your day off."

" Well, when I woke up this morning, I thought that you might have had a rough night, and that maybe you, perhaps, would need help this
morning. So I came..."

" Since when are you here?" Why is he smiling like that?

" Since 6:30." He glanced at Logan and got back to his vegetables. " You see, I came here this morning thinking that you
wouldn't probably have gotten sleep. But 'OH!' was my surprise to see you DID, and not ALONE as I might add..."

" It's not what you think." , said Logan on the defensive.

" Really. And how do you explain all the clothes, like everywhere, on the floors of the bedroom, the bathroom, the hallway...?" Bling was
very enjoying this.

" I'm telling you you're wrong, Max got very sick, and I had to do something to calm the fever and the seizures. That is all. I've been a
perfect gentleman." He doesn't believe me!

" He's telling the truth Bling." Max came behind him, opened the refrigerator door and took the orange juice. She poored a glass to her and
Logan, and gave it to him.

" Thank you." Max said.

" You're welcome." He knew she was refering to last night.

" What time is it?" Max asked. 'Late...'

" 10:20." Bling said, still smiling.

'What is his problem this morning?', logan thought.

" Sh1t! Normal's going to fire my @ss!" He probably alraidy did.

" Not so fast Lady." Bling said, facing her." When I saw the two of you this morning I called in for you, and told him you weren't
working today."

"Wow!, and what did he say?"

" Nothing. I told him you couldn't go and that the reason was personnal. He then said:'And what is the personnal reason?', and I said to
him: 'Well, if you insist, she's not feeling too hot because of her periods and...' , he cut me right there 'OK!OK! Stop it right there. Fine,
she can have her day off. This time.' and he hung up." He seemed proud of himself.

" Impressive." So, Normal doesn't like that topic...good to know! "Bling, you are my Normal savior!" And she kissed him on
the cheek.

' He's lucky, I didn't even get that!' Logan thought.

"My pleasure. Logan, since you don't need me that much, I'll fly away." He took his stuff and got out. 'He's in a hurry.' she thought.

Logan turned towards Max who was looking everywhere for her clothes.

"Where's my coat?"

"In the bedroom I think." She's already leaving...

He heard her say 'YES!', she got out of the room and got back to him with the vial of insulin and the cassette.

" Here's what I found yesterday at the lab factory." After giving it to Logan, she took the milk from the refrigerator and looked at
the boxes of cereals. She took the Cheerios one. Logan smiled to himself.

" Did you hear it?" He went to his answering machine and put the cassette in it and listened." Okay, so this O'Neil guy is going to
the Falcone Charity event tonight. I know the people who organize this."

" Why am I not surprised?" He knows everyone, very reliable this guy!

" We're going." said he, pouring the milk in his Cheerios. She rised her eyes and stared at him.

" What?" Where?

" We- are- going." Can't miss an opportunity like that. 'I should tell that to myself more often...'

" Where? When? ...Now?" Can't I eat in peace?

" Tonight! At the Falcone Charity event. We'll go and find out more on this O'Neil guy, and at the same time, I'll buy something nice and give
the money away for those who needs it."

" It's all good." All the time...

" All good." What is that all about?!

" And what exactly do you want me to do, may I ask?"

" Well, you'll try to make that guy talk and reveal the conspiracy between him and the Nevelin company." He took a bite of cereals.

" And how will I do that?" 'Spill it out!'

" By using your charms...of course." He said smiling. Who could resist you Max?

" What a plan!...And what if the guy is gay?" Yeah! That could happen. Why do I always have to play the sex toy? Because I'm good with it
and I like it...but...

" Max! Don't be silly." He laughed at her.

" What? It's a large life!" She said laughing too.

" Okay then, I promess that IF the guy is gay I'll use my charms." He made her an irresistible smile.

" You have charms? Excuse me, I never recalled..." Ha!ha!ha!...she thought. He made her some kind of grimace.

" So, you'll do it if he's gay?" I hope he'll be...I'd die to see that!

" Cross my heart." And hope to die...

" Can't wait!"

Logan regained his seriousness.
" Will you be fine for tonight? I mean..."

" Sure. I'm feeling fine! Never slept better." She looked down from the intensity of his eyes. " What about the insulin?" She
added." Can you test it?"

" Yes. We have to make sure it's not legal to sell that to people. But I'll have to go see a friend for that..."

" No problem. Go Logan, I'll take care of Sophie."

" Thank you. But make sure she stays alive." He said to Max, smiling.

" Very funny. Ha,ha,ha."