"You surprise me! That was a very astute observation for... sorry. I was about to say for one of your station. Forgive me," the duke said, then bowed ...o Berandal."No offense taken. You know nothing of my past, except that my son stumbled onto a fortune. For all you knew, I was the unlettered country bumpkin you assumed me to be," Berandal said with a chuckle.Duke Taft guffawed loudly. "I assure you, I will never think that again! Well struck, Sir!" the duke said, and then was off into gales of. .. take off my clothes," I shrugged, "I said no. And then he, uh ... Oh! Ms. Beyle said she'd get some boys to make me. Mr. Eckert tried to call my mom and then he said I was going to be in trouble, like my mom would get in trouble too, and..." Okay," Dr. Chase nodded. "Why did you say no, Sam?" I don't know," I shrugged, looking down at my hands. "I just didn't want to take off my clothes." I told her that she has to," Mom sighed. "That it's part of school now and..." It is part of school,". Dakota was an extreme extrovert. She had been the one to dye her mother's hair the outrageous color. Gabrielle stood uncertainly in her daughter's high-heeled suede boots. The gray boots zipped up the sides and stopped just below her knees. It would be very hard to tell that Gabrielle was forty years old unless the interviewer made her account for everything she had done. To look at her and her daughter, many thought they were sisters.Gabrielle needed this job to supplement her husband's. He. You’re almost adults. And…and be careful with Jaci. She’s a small girl so don’t…force her to do anything she doesn’t want to..” Nicole spouted aimlessly. Manny’s eye’s were not looking into Nicole’s. He was trying to look under her skirt. “Shit.” She thought, but the realization came too late. A strong breeze rolled off the lake and the skirt lifted like a kite. Nicole moved like lightening but for Manny, time almost halted. Ten feet away and a few stairs down he stared up directly at Nicole’s.