"Dad," I said, "this is kind of like Terri paradise." How so?" Every time I turn around, there's somebody loving me. Taking care of me. Letting me do ...hings that are good to do, helping me learn stuff. D'ya know that Susan made me a button?" A button?" Yeah. Look!" I showed him a brass button Susan had machined for me. "Metal lathe. 'Brass machines easy, ' Susan says. And she drilled the holes on a drill press with an x-y table." You understand why they call it x-y?" Axes, Dad," I said.. "I can't, it’s so horrible and what's really bad is I liked it after he made me and I did it again another day when I was alone with him and I let him", I feel so dirty for liking it Aunt Rita and I keep wanting to do it again. And it wasn't just him, me and Mar...I. I c.ca..can't even say it. I just feel so funny inside now and I think things when I look....oh god I'm even thinking them about you...I must be so sick and nasty Aunt Rita!"Rita moves to sit alongside her and hug her while. "Can you clean up down here? I have to get to myappointment." Yes, dear." Twat." She smacked his shoulder. "Thank you." She kissed him.Kinny walked her to her bike. He kissed her on the cheek just beforeshe put on her helmet. "Say hi to Jazz." I don't go to that doctor. My doctor is in Riverside. I'll be homearound four. Errands." Oh. Okay."He turned around with the baby. He was just inside the doorway when hesaw his mom arrive on the back of a motorcycle. The driver of themotorcycle was. "Yes, even though it's functional. I had to check the gate here, and I know this stabilizer release is always a bit sticky, so I thought I'd fix it while I was here." She didn't look up from what she was doing, and Bren felt a sudden surge of affection.He leaned a shoulder against the open door and watched her instead of grabbing a tool and going to work on something else. For a woman who'd been trained from birth to be a princess, she made a damn good mechanic."What else have you worked on?".