Make sure nothing unusual shows up in the figures.”“Jake, you need an accountant,” Angel said. “Or a personal assistant.”“Call it what you...want,” I told her, “but I want that person to be you. I also want you to manage the store and restaurant once it has been rebuilt. I know you’ll have to hire some help, but I have confidence you will give them the training to make the business successful.“Bill, you’ll probably need help too,” I said, looking at him. “Sixteen restaurants is just the start.. One girl kept onstaring at me the whole time. When Ashley and I finished our lunch andwere walking to the cashier. Then one of the girls named Tam stopped measking me in Vietnamese if we knew each other. I asked her; her name andwhat school she goes to in my best fem voice in Vietnamese. She saidnever mind. You're very pretty and just figured you would have been partof our group. Then she asked if I knew or was related to Lin Thi Nguyen(Oh Boy my Sister). I told her in English with my brightest. Lunch was more fresh food from the gardens – a salad! I'd heard about these things but never really tried them. Nice. I'd taught Josh about websites now he was teaching me about good food. I was starting to get the idea that his farm lifestyle might have some advantages. He was so gentle and practical in all his caring for me. I went for another nap after lunch and when I awoke I could hear laughter and splashing from outside. I cautiously walked out to find Josh in the pool with two girls. One. ‘It was a pleasure meeting you Mrs. Lumm.’ ‘Alison, please,’ she replied. ‘Now we’re all on a first name basis,’ I smiled. ‘I hope you have a wonderful day. Alison!’ She waved, beaming the same captivating smile that still haunts me to this day. For the next three mornings, I would draw Alison’s blood, each time, learning a little more about her. She told me of her childhood in rural Indiana, growing up poor on her family’s small farm and how the only thing that saved her from continuing the.