A new voice, deeper and probably older, "Joseph Bentley?" Yes." My voice came out more as a crackle.Same voice, as if reading, "Fifteen years old, ten...h grade?" Yes sir." It just slipped and I almost hung my head for the rebuke but it never came."You have two siblings - an older brother in college and a younger sister." Yes." Your father is an executive and alternates between the office here and out east?" Correct - yes." I wondered if someone had done research upon me before this meeting?"Your. Let's go." She let herself in and they rode up in the penthouse elevator. She had called up on the house phone from the lobby so Cindy, also wearing Levi's and her work shirt, was waiting at the apartment door when the elevator arrived.Cindy had a wry grin on her face and said, "The drunks come staggering home. I'm so glad you could make it, Slave Cathy," she said acidly, "I thought you were going out for just a couple of hours?" Mistress, it's not my fault! What can I do when I'm in an Irish. ”“He made it very clear, also, that I’m not to do anything with you that he doesn’t approve of!”“What did he say?”“Well, he said that he’d seen you kiss me on the cheek and that he hoped I understood the limits. Of course, that was after basically asking if I planned to marry you.”“What?!” Kara asked, sounding concerned.“OK, he wasn’t quite that blunt, but it was clear that’s what he was asking. I told him I couldn’t even think about that until I got out of college and got a job. As much as he. He had written in 10 years with a 1% increase each year, a contract reevaluation at 5 years and a performance review each year.The next change was the start date. The contract called for September 1 as the start date with East Coast security to begin installing the equipment on July 1. They wanted us to take over June 1 with at least 50% of the manpower on site and fully staffed on September 1. East Coast would still start installing the equipment on July 1. The June 1 date was just a little.