”Betsy said, “Okay. I say: ‘yes.’”“You haven’t been asked the question yet,” William said.“What question?”“You’ll know the que...stion when you hear it,” William said.“I hate it when you do this to me,” Betsy said in frustration.William laughed. “By the way, you’ve done a great job there.”“I haven’t done much of anything.”“Well, almost all of the important improvements to the situation, world-wide, have originated in Hawaii. I don’t think there’s much doubt as to why that is the case.”“Why is it. "Sorry," she said."My lord, don't be."We walked in and everyone said, "Alex!" It's always like Cheers when Normwalks in, but it's not just me; it's everyone who walks in. That's partof what's good about working here. We are all underpaid and overworked,but we are all in this together. There's a kinship involved.I wrote up my stories and, towards the middle of the evening, Jena cameover to see if I needed any help. When I Iooked up from my computer, Jenawas leaning over my desk with a couple. Gazing into his eyes, she nodded slowly. She was extremely grateful that he didn’t frown or look away from her in disgust.“Hot stuff,” Frank murmured, knowing full well how important his opinion of her was. Then he smiled at her and held out his hand.“Yes, very hot stuff, indeed!” a voice called out loudly from nearby. It was that homely ranger that had visited them the evening before, stepping out from behind a rock. “That was quite an exhibition, my Lady.” He doffed his hat and continued,. Staying till it was time for "Kevin" to go to bed, Jamie said good nightto "Kevin" and his "mom", then left to go home. However, he didn't want togo home immediately. He waited for several minutes, then snuck around theback of their house, and dug up the box again. Carefully he buried thehole back in, and straightened up the area, hoping that Kevin didn't cometo dig it up soon. Jamie felt guilty about stealing them, but promisedhimself that after he was done with the rings he'd bring them back..