" Brad said. Then a banshee-like wail came from the kitchen. "SCATTERHED, SMOTHERED, COVERED????!!!"The cook jumped over the counter and ran over to o...r booth. Then he began toshout in Brad's face."There not good for ya, man! They got the mind, see? The scattered,smothered, covered is bad, man! I talk to them all the time and they don'tlike it, man! They just know the way, man!" When he stopped, he started tolook off into space like he was hearing a far-off voice in the air."Ed, get back across. She winked at Dave as she made her remark.At one-point Owen stopped by the table and asked Dave how the trip to China, Japan, Korea, and Europe had gone. He’d read the emails reporting on the progress but was fishing for anything deeper. Dave gave the two-minute response and Owen seemed happy. He joked, “I’ll send you a bill for the aircraft and crew,” and then waved and walked away.Tatiana explained to Steve, “Dave and Alice were part of a contingent of people that flew overseas to license. I was single and, of course, the revelry started early in the day – I think about 10 AM. I went to a party thrown by a nice girl named Kim. Kim was cute and curvy and, befitting St. Patrick’s day, had a beautiful head of Irish strawberry blond hair, I was a friend of a friend and we had never met. I had the good sense to get to know the host, and by noon or 12:30, Kim was giving me the proverbial ‘tour’ of her apartment. Of course, we ended up in her bedroom and I think the 2 hours of drinking. I havent really slept in nearly 32 hours just because I was working. Ive always hated extra hours but they were paid pretty good so I agreed on staying longer in the bureau. The only thing I wanted was my nice bed and a good amount of sleep for the whole weekend without being interrupted. When I entered my house I immediately threw off my black high heels and ran upstairs to the bathroom to fill my bathtub with water. I decided to treat myself with some shower oil to make it even more.