It was still before six in the evening, enough time to get ready to go out. “All done, Mistress Summers!” I announced. She looked up from the tabl...t and smiled. “Well done. I’ll believe you today, but be aware that I’ll do inspections from time to time, to keeping you from slacking off.” That dampened my pride a bit. But then, it was part of the game, to keep me humble. I could complain that I had been keeping everything tidy for almost four years, but that would earn me nothing. Well, a. End up walking out together his car was parked across from mine. I said can I buy you a cup of coffee, he said yes but not from Starbucks so I invited him to my house which was close by. When we got to may house he was a total gentlemen he helped me with my bags of supplies. I open the door to let us in I told him thank you for helping with the bags, to sit down and I’d make him a cup of coffee or if he wanted something stronger. He said he’e like something stronger so I made him a whiskey on. The young fellow running it knew Tai'Chi and was willing to give me some pointers—for a price. What the hell. He was a business-man and we both knew it. He got me going on the right path. After four weeks of practice, once per day under his watchful eye he called me 'adequate'. I almost shot the bastard.I went on to teach the kids what I'd learned. Pretty soon I noticed that the kids were getting bored. I said 'fuck it'. I bought two fifty-pound sacks of white beans and strapped them to the. But in the 4 years I have lived here that has not happened.’ ‘It must be wonderful living here all the time, do you ever leave and visit the nearby towns?’ ‘It is wonderful Mrs. Callahan, I do go out on occasion and sometimes I go home to see my family on vacations, but not often.’ ‘Please call me Bessie dear.’ ‘Okay Bessie, this is your trail, follow it to the cabin settle in and I’ll see you at the office later.’ I walked back to my office, sat in the high backed chair in front of the roll.