It was clear that Ellen still had an attitude, and that she would not break easily. When David came down the next morning, Ellen was not on her kneeli...ng mat as instructed. She was sitting on the bed, wrapped in her thin blanket, with a hateful look on her face."Get your scrawny ass on the mat where you are supposed to be," David intoned. But the girl was not cowered. Too much time had passed and she was not afraid any more. David decided that it was time to correct that situation before it got. I hope I won't shock you, Mr. Sears, when I tell you why. Your see, sir, after a day making my living with my tools I return home and relax in a way that might perplex a man of the 19th century such as yourself. I remove my rough working clothes and put on a dress, or maybe a blouse and skirt. I doubt you ever considered doing this yourself, but as a man in the retail business I'm sure your philosophy is "the customer is always right". At least your sales staff has always been glad to sell me. My parents would come up and see me every couple of weeks and we would talk about my sisters and brothers and things at home.Of course I had to torture myself and ask about Jackie. Mom tried to change the subject but I kept coming back to Jackie. Finally Dad answered me and said that Jackie was still dating that same guy and it looked like things were getting serious between them.The news didn't do much to help me keep positive during my rehab. My knee had healed and was as good as ever except. The fun flirty woman he'd come to know the previous night was gone, replaced by professional aplomb."Good morning, Miss Engdale." Mr. MacIntyre," she said, "if you'd care to examine the documents?"He took a seat and she slid papers in front of him. Hidden from view, her other hand briefly stroked the back of his neck.She spoke in a soft voice, "The deal is final if you sign. We're taking the bank's engineering report on good faith, but have an out if significant discrepancies are discovered by.