I tell him how I hate living in the city and love the farmhouse so we decided to move here and that Mickey will be moving out of the city in time for ...hristmas.He tells me that he was a retired engineer and an amateur gynecologist. "That's a code for dirty old man."I laugh and say, "Not so old I think. You remind me of one of my professors at uni. He's a highlander and has a rugged rural thing going for him." I don't tell him that the older man was my first lover or that I left Scotland after. Please, just tell me what's making you angry."Mary looked up at her friend and rolled her eyes."How can you ask what I'm angry about? What the hell was that at the pool? I thought we came here to work, not to get involved in that kind of shenanigans." We did come here to work, Mary. But we came here to relax and have fun together too. I think Ang, Beth and Jan just got a little carried away. They were just fooling around." Just fooling around? Come on, Nancy. Just fooling around? I think. You're allowed to read or do homework, but no other activities are permitted. If you run out of work to do, you are to sit and think about why you got in detention until the time is up." I pulled out my English textbook and started to read the short story we were assigned to do a report on. After about fifteen minutes, Mrs. Wilson stood up. "I'll be right back." She exited and one of the guys in back got up and walked towards the desk. "I don't think we're supposed to leave our seats," I said. "Only if their politics make them blind," said Melinda. "We don't become successful because we're Medeforte women. We just become successful sooner and have to make fewer of our own mistakes. Sean considers us the most essential element of his empire, even more so than himself. And that's not flattery. He doesn't do flattery."Thule considered this carefully, "You're right. I had no idea how important you were to his operation. I apologize."Melinda smiled. Her accent came back in full force, "I.