He looked like he hadn't slept all week."Better than I expected," he replied. "I have signed contracts from 3 new investors and it looks like I'll be ...able to raise enough capital to keep the business running." Well that sounds great," I told him. "Congratulations. Let me get you another drink on the house to celebrate."I put the glass down in front of him and he downed it in 3 gulps. "Thanks," he said with a smile. "I needed that."I left to wait on a few other customers. When I returned Ron. ” Pulling out my cell phone I call Mr Small, because he has weekend duty. “John, Al. The new residence. I’ve got a last minute addition. Put together some ideas on where to set up an enclosed dome near the main house, it’s to have a diameter of one hundred and fifty metres. It doesn’t have to be flat, but it will need utilities to it and from it, a sound base for the dome, a safe covered walk way to the house attaching anywhere, five layered glazing for both, and good ventilation with heating. The player was loaded with the sound track from the movie 'The Big Chill' along with the sound track from a popular TV show or two. I had a few best of the sixties albums.When I heard that music I could almost see my dad behind the wheel of his beat up old pickup. Him driving, me riding shotgun, on the way to one of the junk yards outside of town. My dad was a mechanic for one of the local mills. He kept their machines running. The job title down there was loom fixer.After his shift in the. Then just to be safe, I took one of the magic pills that I got from Melanie. I'm not sure who invented them, but they made the difference between a few tips...and big money to someone in my profession.An hour before showtime, I heard the party arrive at the room next door. They sounded drunk as hell, which made my job much more manageable. I listened at the connecting door. I heard female voices laughing and giggling and some music playing. I also heard occasional loud laughter and voices. I.