Another topic. I need to change my will. It’ll be quite simple. Turn on your recorder. [he did] The Australian Museum gets my specimens. The Museum ...gets whatever among my books they might wish. Patrick and his spouse get all the art works and any books they wish. Sarah and her spouse get next choice. One million each to the Museum and the Art Gallery of NSW. The remainder goes 50-50 to my children and their spouses.”“That’ll be ready for signature by Friday.”“Fine. Finally, if I want to buy. As she did, she extended her glove covered hand and clasped mine firmly. She took me by surprise before I could even shake her hand in greeting. Using her strength and momentum, she pulled herself into me. As our bodies came together, she released my hand and threw her arms about my neck. She was a tall woman and a moment later our lips came together. Reflectively, I took hold of her waist. I was going to push her away. It didn't happen. The next second my arms were about her body and my hands. This wasn’t the same, though. On the side, it said MC1000. I tried to lift it up and quickly realized it was easily over 600 lbs. It was about then the adrenaline finally kicked in.“Okay, David,” I thought to myself. “This isn’t adding up. This thing has to be worth thousands of dollars. I either need to grab this fast or get the hell out of here.”I quickly decided to try at least to load it up. A small voice in my head kept telling me, “What if the story was somehow real?” I didn’t think I. "I still couldn't find my tongue so, in lieu of responding, I looked aroundwildly for Melinda. I was only slightly surprised to see her glaringwordlessly at George. She still hadn't forgiven him for punching me thismorning."I--y-yes," I stammered, realizing long moments had passed without meresponding. I tried to sum up some of the anger I'd felt that morning--or,if not that, the embarassmentHe seemed to find my flustered response charming, for his square featuressplit into an even wider grin,.
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