I don’t need to be shot in the backside. Now I’ve got some people to see.’ Both Kathy and I laughed as Pat left the barn, although if this turne... out to be a shooting war, I did wonder what side I would be most dangerous to. ‘Dad said you’ve only got to look like you know what you’re doing with a gun. So don’t you go worrying yourself too much. Really we are not expecting any real trouble of that kind,’ Kathy said when we were alone. ‘That’s a relief. I hadn’t planned to play Jessie James or. He found himself relieved. She would take him as simply Jack Travers; instead of Jack Travers, writer of sexy romances.They chatted for a couple of hours that evening, feeding each other information about themselves as they chatted in private while chatting with the group in the room, and he discovered that she was a bit shy.The second night, after she thanked him for the roses, they discussed family. She was an only child of deceased parents. They had taken their own lives five years before. I knew that my dad was trying to relive his youth through me and I should have been pissed but it made him so happy and proud. As soon as I became a football player my social life changed too. Girls took notice of my new body and my letterman jacket. I was invited to all the cool parties along with Kate. Kate and I spent more time together than we did before. She would drive us home after my football practice and wed talk about everything. She would tell me about her friends who thought I was. Eve spends the second half of the week just checking up on the hired work teams to make sure they all have what they need to do their work.Because there’s little Pat can do until this work by others is done he’s at the university most afternoons to work on his assignments and the other research he has going. He’s working hard to get ahead so he’ll have more time to work on the Mansion when he can get back to it.Friday is a different matter altogether because he has to act for his father on some.