I don’t believe it’s anything bad.”Dave nodded and reached across his desk to his handset and pushed the blinking button, “Hello, Dave Prentis....”“Dave, thank you for taking my call. My name is Bret Edwards. I live outside of Atlanta and have a situation emerging that I hope you can help me with.”“Go on.”“I am in a group of close friends – about fifteen or twenty of us. We share some roots educationally, in terms of our favorite sports teams, our hobbies and personal endeavors, and more recently. I then noticed the other lady and stopped for a moment. My god, this was a real bomb of a lady! She was busty and in perfect shape. Both were wearing skirts as it was a nice summer’s day. She shook my hands and introduced herself as Mary, Melody’s mom.I was lost for words. I managed to say “hello” and the twinkle in my eyes gave it away.Melody: Hi Peter, meet my mom.Me: Hi Mary, how’s the day?Mary: Great, thanks. (And she held my palm for a few seconds more than necessary.)Me (to Melody):. .We arrive at the door of the pediatrician and I remember what our first stop has to be and I begin whimpering.“No, Daddy, no.” I quietly cry but know it will not change things.Inside, we have to wait, just a little, before being led to the examining room. The nurse has me stand on the scale to weigh me and measure my height. Then she tells you to undress me and that the doctor will be in shortly. She types some things into her laptop and then leaves.You sit me on the examination table and. They left amid shouts of friendship and were looking forward to their next visit. The next three towns they visited had pretty much the same result, but this time they traded mostly for wine. The fifth town they visited was the one that caused the trouble.As had become their habit, they anchored off shore and the captain, with his wife along as translator, and two other crew members, one male and one female, rowed up to the beach with samples of their trade goods. They were met by about 20.