Officially it was part of the Kobekistan navy and was skippered by an Admiral, an ex-German navy martinet by the name of Peitsche. The new Emir did no...t care much for this man, who seemed to think that it was his ship, and that anyone using it was indebted to him for the privilege. It not very long after the accession of His Magnificence, the Emir Mahmoud Abdullah that this German took 'voluntary' retirement with a handsome pension.Two years after the Emir's accession, fourteen year old Tamsin's. I have to be quiet in the house all the time because someone's always sleeping. Daddy works nights, and Mommy works days. Hopefully the twins would be around to play with. Good Night Diary.=====================================================================Day 3July 16Dear Diary;Something weird happened today. Timmy had the bathroom door open like always but this time it was open wider. I watched him from my bedroom with my door open a little. He started by making the funny faces he always. Lorie told us; go right on in, they are waiting for us.I noticed the THEY, wondering who else was in the office. When we walked in Mr. Horton was setting on the corner of his desk and a young man, maybe early thirties, was setting behind the desk. Mr. Horton greeted us then introduced us to the young man, “Frank, Kathy, this is Henry B. Stroud Jr. His family is the ones buying the company and he’ll be replacing me in the next couple of weeks.The man walked around the desk and while we were. "The rest of the drive was very quiet as Dave mentally beat himself repeatedly for not focusing more on his own game. By the time he reached North Beach he was so wound up that he was hateful to be near. He was cranky as hell and, when Jennifer asked how he did, he just shrugged his shoulders and walked past her into the trailer. Jennifer started to follow him but Julie grabbed her arm and shook her head, "Give him some time to calm down. He isn't good company right now."Julie and Jennifer sat.