Otherwise he is not a leader. He is simply a man who can hire an army to do his bidding.”“Like my father,” Victoria said with a grave nod. “Lo...rd Wellington will not be on the field when battle comes. He will cower in his manor, surrounded by a dozen men sent from Creight to protect him. The same reasons Wilhelm was never viewed as a worthy king apply to my father’s bid for the crown, as well. You know that was his goal, don’t you?”“I have nothing to base that belief upon,” Genrico admitted.. "Congrats on those beauts." I said while leaning in trying to plant my face in her chest. Denied. She smacked me upside the head playfully and smirked.Being so glad to have a girls night after our split I had taken a few too many shots. I got to do, drink, and say what I wanted and was on a roll. "I have to work tomorrow." Sheila whined. Ann quickly added, "Me too!" They were always out for happy hour and could care less about staying out to celebrate anything that didn't have the focus on. At the end of the service as he left the church the new Vicar greeted him with a cheery, “Welcome. I’m Martha, the Vicar of All Saints. Are you staying in the area for long?”That rather upset him, though he couldn’t say why. David’s response was intended to put this female Vicar in her place. “I live here. Your predecessor, the Father Newenham buried my wife here three years ago and I haven’t been to church since then. Have you been in post long, Mrs. Martha? Sorry, I don’t know the correct. "He looked up at me from under his bushy eyebrows as he said this. I just shrugged. If he takes the credit, I thought, he can take the blame if the girls don't like his layout. And, what was he doing for the last month?"Fine with me, Sir."I left rejoicing. I was finished and could now get into the school routine. One big detail however remained to be done. I had to move the furniture in my room so that if I wanted to be seen by each girl I would have a plausible reason for being there, dressed.