I had a feeling that I wouldn’t get the normal welcoming smile from the receptionist and security guy next time I dropped into the office to see Ste...ph, but, hey, I didn’t have any reason to go there any longer. I now didn’t have a wife who worked there. By the time she finished her maternity leave, if she actually had a job to go back to, which I very much doubted, she wouldn’t be my wife.Thirdly, my lawyer had arranged for the note informing Steph that I’d changed all the locks on MY house,. I completely forgot.”Mum tried to give a snort of derision, but it went wrong about half way through and turned into a belly laugh. “It’s okay, you can join us now,” she called out. “I just couldn’t keep up the pretence.”As Dad and Terri came into the room, Mum seized me in a fierce hug. “I’m so proud of you,” she said.“I’ll be getting an engraved trophy for coming second and an engraved medal for the team’s third place,” I said.“I’ll make sure we have somewhere prominent to display them,” said. Below deck:Mr Randal glances at the rows of cages, each large cage holding several females, "Fucking women, they've no place on the sea, and this storm is the gods displeasure, mark my words." He grumbles, his rotting teeth in clear view."Storms happen," Shevens replies, "For all their crimes, these ladies have nothing to do with it."Randal spits, turns his back and starts to walk away.He's barely taken a step before Buckles comes down the ladder, seeing the two, "All hands on Deck, Thrinn's. I’m sure my wives will stock the suite you choose with snacks, and you can show up for meals or not as you please.“In addition, we’ll give you a list of restaurants in the area that we like, and we’ll give Martha a call so she’ll expect the two of you at her restaurant. It’s at the bottom of the mountain, and you have to go right past it on the way to Winter Park. It’s a beautiful new building and she has a chef who has put the place on the map.”Jeff jumped to his feet. “Hang on a second and.