Ben looked nervous. "Uh... no." Daddy?" Zoey said."Hit me."She flipped a card over for me. An eight. Perfect."Another?" she asked."No." Dealer takes o...e," she said, giving herself a four. "Um, I mean dealer takes two." She took another card. "Okay, show them."She flipped her hole card to reveal a total of 19. Ben had 20. I had 24. Ben gasped. "Yes!" he shouted."Wow, good job!" Zoey said, grinning.I merely smirked. "Well?" So, I can do it?" he asked. "I can kiss her?" If she lets you."Zoey. "So that is solved then."Rachel did not look pleased, but he did not pursue it further. Monique would likely tell him what that was all about tomorrow. The talk turned to a general discussion of fall fashions in Milan and Nice and once Michelle joined them a few minutes later, the four ladies started talking earnestly about what would and would not sell in the ready-to-wear world of large chain stores versus the slick one-off or boutique styles that the designers really tried to put out on. .. so ... they parked there too. Right next to the pickup with the ‘Federal Testing’ marking on the doors.“Here you lot ... that’s parking for court business,” said the uniformed guard.“Good ... that’s what we’re here for.”“Which court?”“Judge Wren,” said Alice Li.“Ah,” said the guard. “Family Court.”“Ah,” said Abby.“Straight on and left first chance inside the the door,” said the guard.“Thank you,” said Abby, “We weren’t sure.”“That’s a good looking Perentie,” said the guard.“Daddy’s favorite. It’s an impressive piece of work.Jenny hears a kettle whistle and turns over another page. This image is a shock. It was presumably taken as part of the opening ceremonies or something like that. In the picture, it’s dusk. Above some trees, the last of the day’s light can be seen silhouetting the top branches. It’s a track, somewhere leading towards the building Jenny is in right now. She can see it in the background, but it is what is in the foreground that has startled her. On each side of.