Well, for longer than you’ve been alive, anyway. But I can see her looks in you, although it’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen her face. ... guess that’s part of why I didn’t recognize you when you arrived.” Ben grabbed the coffee pot and offered Amy a refill, which she happily accepted. Then he filled his own cup again and took a seat at the small kitchen table. “I guess you and I have a lot of catching up to do, don’t we?” he suggested. Slowly, Amy nodded her head in agreement.For the. At last, it was late Friday afternoon, and I’d put away my laptop for the weekend. I asked Em to get dressed up because I’d made eight o’clock reservations for us in town. Wear your best, I advised. Two hours later, she made her appearance. Her long brunette hair hung softly across her shoulders, one section secured with an elegant hair clip in almost the exact shade of her hazel eyes. She wore a white sundress with thin straps at the shoulders and a wide cobalt blue colored ribbon around her. Didshe say anything about how she felt or what she was going to do?" No; mostly, she was mad that I lied to her about who I was." That _may_ be to the good. They may like you enough to want to getover being mad." She smiled, just a little, to encourage her. "Atleast, they still gave you laundry to be washed. When is it due back?" Tuesday; she said that she would talk to me, then." Bueno, I do not want you to lose your friends any more than I want tolose their business."* * * * *Rachel. Mister Mason sat down and began to field calls. Suddenly, he said, “Hold on.” He looked at me. “Brad, can your phone record conversations?” I nodded. “Start recording.”He lifted his hand off the receiver after I nodded. “Hello, Fred. How may I help you?” I heard the profanity through the earpiece. “Fred, that sort of outburst is unhelpful. I hope you will do what is best for the church and leave early. My understanding is that you will not be appointed to us again.” I heard some more profanity.