." It figures ... go with David, Carole," demanded Grace.We walked ... it's only 2 and a half blocks. I sent Carole Ann on ahead while I stopped in at...the Austin cottage to see if Lucy Lou wanted anything. She did ... my dime, of course.At the Antler, Frank and Ernie were tending and cooking. Carole wanted two, I wanted two, Grace would want two but only eat one, Lucy Lou wanted three. She'd only eat one but CharlesB was well on his way to his high school weight of three hundred pounds ... even. I have heard that Nia is very interested.”Nia’s name and voracious sexual appetite had come up during the day.“I haven’t had Nia yet.” That surprised her. “Besides, she won’t work for this.”“What exactly is involved?”“I am going south of the border, far south, a long trip. A family thing. Do you recall the guy who disabled your landlord?”She did, that night made quite an impression.“Well, he will become my brother by adoption and then he will marry his girl. He planned this for my vacation. " The conniving bitch." I thought. "all she is doing is trying to fuck up my week with Cecilia."I slammed my fist on the table, jumped up and cursed. "All this is bullshit." I said. "The nice dinner, the sexy clothes, hell, even your hard nipples. All just to suck me in to letting you ruin my week with my daughter. You bitch." I said as I stormed out the door. This was all too much. I went to a hotel and tried to sleep but Linda kept calling my cell. I refused to answer. I was actually ashamed. If only the Huns agreed, we would still build a secondary route to Kush through Persia, but it would be through the mountains instead of the much flatter terrain north and east of the Caspian Sea.The railroads we were now building through modern Turkey, the Middle East, and Egypt stopped at major ports since there was no land connection to the rest of the Empire. Brunaz did have two experimental barges built that could each ferry four loaded railroad cars across the narrow strait to the harbor.