He swung his gaze over to the embarrassed face of Lord Mayor Jukaadi-Lore. "It could be that Czatnar's father pampered him too much as a child to make... up for his mother's death."A slate gray eyebrow rose as the Gnome swung his head around to look at the mayor before snorting. "Whatever his shortcomings, if he opens his mouth one more time in my presence, I will have my grandnephew take my axe and chop him up for the Gnaths' breakfast. Is that clear, Lord Mayor?"Lord Czatnar looked like he was. “Thank you,” she said and rested her cheek on my shoulder. I had no problems carrying her. She was petite, weighing no more than 120 pounds. “I hate causing problems,” she said. “There is no problem.” “The next building to the right,” she said and rewarded me with a broad smile. The building was thirty storied structure with greenish windows. The old man that was standing beside the entrance held the door open for us and stared lewdly at the girl’s legs. “That poor knee of yours again,. Carol received her degree in education and physical education, while mine was in business and accounting. I wrangled a job at a very prestigious accounting firm here in our home town of Springfield. Carol started teaching at the middle school. Then, when our son, Sam, moved up to high school, Carol followed him over as the their vice principal.We had some trouble when we started to have a family. I could get Carol pregnant at the drop of a hat, but she couldn't carry them to term. Something in. ” She was still holding my hand.I shrugged, “Hey, I can handle it.” I remembered Lenore running her show and I had a role to play in it. “What are we going to tell Lenore?”She made a scoffing gesture. “Who cares? You’re free and clear now; you don’t owe her anything.”We relaxed and talked more and had another round of beers. I guess I have a new girlfriend.I asked a somewhat impertinent question, “I was wondering, are you Jewish?” With her last name that was possible, considering the ethnic.