"Tell me about it" I fumed, taking a gulp of vodka "Its not that I'm pissed they didn't renew the contract in this economy. Its just they said they wo...ld till the very last minute and then pulled the rug from under me". "Oh dear, are you gonna be alright?" she asked, with what seemed like genuine concern. I took a sharp breath and answered "I'll be fine...with my experience, I should be able to get another contract in no time....I just don't appreciate being messed about, and lied to is all".. By then of course she had found out so much more about him and, him her. One such being he now knew she was married. It had pleased her to know this fact hadnt bothered him. There was only the one route back to where she lived, so when a few minutes into the journey Rob had pulled off the main road down one of the many country lanes that abounded, Kate had already guessed hed had ulterior motives. Again, she might have used that moment to have asked what he was doing and to have informed him. John carried out his previous plan of making a sail powered carriage. He stepped a mast through the roof, and braced it very well, reenforcing the entire structure with cross-bracing. The mast was short, to avoid or reduce the likelihood of tipping over. He resolved not to get too 'close to the wind' or too crossways. He kept the steering seat in front of the sail, in order to not impinge visibility, and had a few of the almost adults of 13 or 14 years as his 'deck hands' and showed them how to. Jen was completely covered from the neck down by her blanket as we walked in. That's interesting, I thought. My daughter plopped herself as usual in front of the television. I was running a little late that day, and Scooby Doo - her favorite - already was on. "Is your mom still in bed?" I asked Jennifer. "Uh huh," came the response. "Okay, I'll pick my daughter up around lunchtime, as usual." "Okay." Just as I turned to give my little daughter a kiss goodbye, Jennifer said, "Can you guess.