"I really did it," Ken said, shaking his head in disbelief."Twice," Mary chuckled."Are you sure you're pregnant," Ken asked after taking a deep breath...."I'm not a hundred percent sure," Mary admitted. "I'm only a couple days late for my period but my breasts have grown a cup size in the last couple weeks and food is starting to smell off to me. The last clue is that I threw up just before you got home." So that's why you were in the bathroom when I got home," Ken said."Yeah," Mary admitted with. “Marcus meet Maria and John and Abby and Julian” Sharon said with a smile as big as the Simpson.“Hello to you all” I said shaking their hands. “I see that you have all settled in easily.” I added pointing with my head at the beer bottles and bong sitting on the table.“Very comfortable” Said Maria a very stunning and tall Asian woman who I discovered later was half Chinese and half Portuguese. Abby looked barely old enough to be travelling. She was a slip of a thing with short untidy blonde hair. Now that Gunny Miller is back, I can wait with the team on the shore if you like, Jack.”“I am shoving off and getting the hell away from the shore no matter what, so if you want to stay, you are welcome. If not, hit the bricks, land-lubber, we got places to be!” I joked.“I’ll jump ship then, Captain Bligh, and arrange tighter security for when you can come back.” He said after a moment’s thought, shaking my hand, then speaking quietly with Gwen for a moment. Lastly, he spoke with Dean before. Although it was to be expected, he was almost as busy now as when he had been working full time at the old company.It was different though, and the differences were significant. He was in charge of his time. There were no six in the morning calls from his boss. He returned to his apartment before six in the evening. His evenings were spent visiting with people, reading, or even just eating a relaxed dinner at some nice restaurant.In terms of material goods, his standard of living had actually.