Let's see how well she behaves with thatand then we'll carry on in the light of those results"With that she swept out, leaving me confused and ignoran...t of what was tohappen and what effect it would have on me. Sister Sarah stood there withher usual evil grin in place enjoying every moment of my discomfort."My goodness, Frilly. You are a lucky girl. So many new things happeningto you and all of them helping you to become the perfect ladies maid.Doesn't that make you happy?"I do not want to. Those are my two conditions."I could see that Gene hadn't anticipated me asking for anything along those lines. We spoke some more, about the whole family tradition history, and about how most of the Macklinson sons and cousins had decided to quit on their own. Gene told me that Patty had already called Phil, Larry and him, and had told them she wouldn't stand for any of them to be in her way over doing what she'd already decided to do, and that was work at Macklinson's."Patty made it pretty. He was staying in the condo and had been enjoying visiting with his men. I called him on his cell phone and found he was involved in a problem his men had run into.Once again some import, from Spain this time, was attempting to harass the men by intimidating their families and threatening them if they didn't allow his men to photograph the celebrities at the resort. This guy represented some kind of Spanish mafia that wanted exclusive pictures on an ongoing basis. The man had offered big bucks,. It still doesn’t help though.” She fidgeted nervously.“I know it doesn’t. It’ll be good for you though. Alright, let’s go inside and find seats,” Jess said.It was the first time I’d been in the auditorium. It was surprisingly large and cavernous. The class didn’t start for another twenty minutes, so the auditorium was still nearly empty. Jess let Emma choose the seats and she was disappointed that Emma chose ones all the way at the back to hide in. Well, ‘baby steps’ she supposed. As it.