His growing preoccupation one he was at a loss to explain to himself; an interest in his horse-faced housekeeper stemming from the very moment she had... decided to shed the costume native to her homeland and wear the more familiar designs and fabrics of his.Not to mention the absence of a woman in his life for the first period of any real duration he could recall. ?You can continue with whatever you were doing, and allow me to get on now,? he told her, manner made terse by recent memory. Eyes,. This was insane! He was insane! I think best way to describe what I was feeling was shock and disgust. My hands were shaking because of what I just read. I sat there waiting for some kind of explanation to come.My father was the first to break the silence in the room: "Princess, I know this comes as a shock to you, but you didn't really think I'd just give you your inheritance without your earning it?" To be honest, I didn't even know what to think. My mind was racing away from me at that. Lynn COULD sing! Badly! God bless her. I opened the bathroom door wider.I stuck my head into the room and looked around. The bathroom was in a three section Y-shape. The entry way had twin sinks and a mirror on one side and several hooks and rods where Lynn’s’ bathrobe was hanging. The toilet was off to one side of the Y in its’ own area and in the other side of the Y was the large shower.The shower had a showerhead on the ceiling and two vertical heads that were spraying water from the sides.. The children’s party was now a community event, with merchants and private citizens donating gifts and their time. Jake convinced Jennie to help him conscript her fiancé, Larry Flynn, into being an elf along with Moe Turner. Jake loved the contrast between the two men as they stood on either side of his big rocking chair in their green suits and pointed hats. Moe was a foot shorter and a hundred pounds lighter than Larry, in addition to being about ten shades darker than the redheaded Marine..