You know, work, club, garden. Keeps her busy. We should get together some time, the four of us. Have brunch.” Bruce is now clearly getting uncomfort...ble and ends the conversation with, “yes, well, I’ll have Mary set something up.” Walking away, I think to myself, “sure you will.” In the main hall, a banquet is setup. The one upside of this place is the food. I load up a plate and see Veronica working the room. She’s in her element here. Gliding from table to table, all smiles and hugs. Most of. I handed her a wide brush and gingerly lifted my still-damp work off the easel, placed it on my workbench and grabbed a fresh canvas from under the bench. ‘I’m not really certain how much I can show you – I can’t claim to know any actual techniques or styles, honestly, for me it’s all about feel. Much like my writing used to, the paint just kind of flows, almost as if I’m unconscious.’ ‘So it’s all about the feel?’ she murmured, a hint of seduction in her voice. ‘Not automatically. Some. ” Janice said. “I have to train her later this afternoon.”Tamara and Darlene waited silently. He looked over them all. He took out his phone and looked at the time. Quarter to 11 in the morning.“Cool, I keep the waitresses then.” He said, “Janice, do you mind--”“You going to talk to the pawn guy?” Janice asked. “I mean you are keeping the coins, not selling them now.”“That’s true.” Owen said. “Hmm ... You know, I’m going to go. But, that’s at 2 right? At least you know you won’t miss work,. “Well, son, you been doing some good work for me. You ever hear tell of the CAP?”I vaguely had heard of a loose organization of Marines, Corpsmen, and ARVN who had sustained horrific casualties in the recent TET offensive. They were the first line of friendly forces spread into the smallest of villages in miniscule numbers. Usually only a dozen Marines and 20 – 30 ARVN comprised a single self-sustaining unit. Almost all the units were over-run in the first 24 hours of the offensive and only.