I was starting to think I needed a vacation from being a Master, let alone my job. That ended when Jeremy called saying he wanted to update me on some...of the things he had been working on. I told him to come over tonight and we could discuss it.Work didn't cooperate though and I got home a bit later than expected. Kristen had Jeremy kneeling in the corner of the kitchen with his face to the wall while she went about putting dinner together. He didn't look scared, he looked like he was thinking.. ”“You drove up in one day?”“No,” Beck explained. “Hotel. Two beds. Not the first time we slept in the same room, you know...”“Yeah,” Diana said. “I remember us on pallets on the floor and all over the furniture when we were kids. It was an adventure.”“Traveling with Brad’s still an adventure,” Beck smiled. “And it’s much better than not having somebody to talk to on a trip.”“I’m a useful accessory,” I told Diana.We greeted and shook hands and hugged our way through the crowd, some we knew, some. At first, I was embarrassed, but then I thought there probably couldn't be a better way for her to learn than by watching. I scolded her for invading our privacy, but in a light-hearted way.Jan and Jen loved to lay out at the pool in our backyard. They’d wear skimpy bikinis and at times, they’d go topless, which didn't bother me in the least. As a matter of fact, I got used to it very quickly. So when Jan and Jennie invited over some of Jennie’s friends for a pool party, I was not the least bit. " He lay back against the couch, watching Barbie getdressed in silky green pajamas he had bought for her in Las Vegas. " Ihonestly thought she was a girl." Well, she isn't--he isn't, dammit!" You mad at me?" No, I'm just annoyed that you've got me doing it." She buttoned up thelast of the tiny pearly buttons on the pajama top."Sorry," said Harold."No, you're not," she said and plopped herself into his lap. "You'reimagining having Kelly for a daughter, taking her on pick-a-nicks,scaring away.