That's final. I don't want to hear any more shitfrom you." I'll go but I'm not going to enjoy myself." You don't have to. I'll enjoy myself twice as m...uch for you. All youhave to do is sit beside me and pout. You can even buy me a drink or twoif the mood strikes." Gloria smiled as she wrapped her arms around Daniel and gave him thebiggest hug her tiny frame could manage. "You are going to fun, though. Just you wait and see."Daniel did wait and see. He was on his best behavior when he showed upat. “I like totally love your muscles or whatever.”“I love you too, baby,” I said. And for the first time in my life I meant it. “Hey, did you bring the stuff we talked about before I got sent away?” I asked.“It’s like totally in the trunk, “she said.I kissed her again then went to the trunk, unlocked it, and got my stuff out. It was mostly all sports stuff, just in case the center didn’t have a workout room or anything. I had my gym bag with a football and some baseballs and baseball gloves, and I. All the while, he could hear Pam and his mum laughing and giggling long after Lottie had gone to bed and, strangely, long after the two of them had also retired, Pam, he was sure, laying her head on the sofa bed cushions in his mum's bedroom.It puzzled him that over the next few weeks, stretching into months, with those dreaded exams approaching, that Pam still stayed at their house. Didn't she have anywhere else she could go? But he got used to sharing breakfast and dinner with her, and even. The only advantage was that some of the nannies did not mind if an inquisitive young man asked lots of questions, and when I was twelve, Mrs. Hanson, allowed me to start helping her prepare dinner every evening. Rebecca watched quietly at first, but as I learned more and proved that I could be careful, Mrs. Hanson suggested little things I could have Rebecca help with. I know Rebecca gave Mrs. Hanson more smiles than she did any other nanny we had, but sadly a stroke forced Mrs. Hanson to go to.