" What about the crew?" I asked."Wal, I've got the foreman and eight guys plus a cook that all work full time. The cook also does repairs around the y...ard and buildings, fixin' gates and stuff like that. During the summer, I take on three, four more men, whatever I can find. There's two guys, Packrat and KC that'll probably go with Klein."One thing I want to change. I've come to think the foreman shouldn't live and eat with the men. I want you to stay in the house; there's a room I bin storin'. Flick had had a bit of a fling with the senior vet before the current one. It had fizzled out but it was extraordinary in that, in all the years I’d known her, it was the first time I’d known her get a bit loved up openly. Hence my remark to Lilly.“What have you done now?” Charming.“I had an orgy with the Director General of the BBC and the Archbishop of Canterbury and it’s being aired on ITV this evening. Thought you should know.”“If they were women I”d believe it. What do you. “Oh, come on already. It isn’t like I remember much from elementary school, but it is a friendly school. Molly’s siblings go there, too. You don’t have long before school is out anyway,” I told them. “I’m pretty sure you will make friends pretty quickly. Just don’t tell them you live in a mansion, or they just might want to have a lot of playdates.”Dee laughed and said, “I doubt any of them are about to strip and swim with us.”“Why not? You’re ten. Sure your bodies will start to change soon. "Where are we going?" Sushi finally asked."I thought you might like to meet my parents." I said.She gave me one of her looks. "You should have told me. My hair is a mess." Don't worry." I let her know, "Mom and dad are very casual. Besides you are the prettiest Smart Cat in California."She did the cat equivalent of blushing.I rented an elecrtroped and we headed for Graton. It was one of those awesome fall days we have in Northern California. I do have a golden tongue. As we drove in our.