Some Advice for the New Year--DeWese

She's good. She's practiced and nothing rattles her. She has a bagful of excuses and delays. Meanwhile, she's cashing the checks.

After several months of no orders, the employers have become demanding and her dodge usually begins with her buyer suffering a heart attack, requiring open-heart surgery and confined for a prolonged period of time. She has to build a relationship with his stand-in and others.