June Kelly Summary

Kelly sits in her high-rise apartment, headset on, computer screen glowing, her Palm Pilot at the ready and she is talking to the head of Special Programs for the Philadelphia Zoo. She is arranging an event for welcoming Prince Andres-Philipe, head of some small, wealthy European nation, who according to his food demands, sounded to her like a real head case. She makes a note of a compliment in her file for the next person handling a zoo event. After pinning down all the details, she tells them her maternity leave starts that night, for a whole year!

She closes her computer and opens her Palm Pilot. The man from the fabric store is coming to measure their windows tomorrow. It's a start, even thought they still can't afford the leather couch or plasma TV. She's startled by a hollow, "Hi...