Since her mother had come ashore, they had matches and lighters to get a fire going, so Kathy's only problem was to find dry wood. Luckily, they kept ...ood under a canvass which had not blown away. In short order, she had a nice fire going in their stove pit with a kettle of water over it. While she was getting out the tin cups in which to add the tea bags or teaspoons of coffee, Hannah came out of the hut, holding back a big yawn from awakening."Good Mornin', Mommy," said Hannah in seeing her. Donovan could unwrapit. Donovan could put it in the machine. Later, AKA would extract the tape,careful not to smudge Donovan's fingerprints or, even more important, leaveany of his own on it. "Pop the cassette in," AKA directed. Donovan did as ordered. "Now, you see how it works, right?" AKA asked, meaning the machine. Donovannodded. "When I tell you to, I want you press 'record' and then make up a shortmessage. Here's the scenario. You're a spoiled little rich kid, okay?" Donovanlaughed.. "Just seeing how happy she is, I can't imagine that she would have chosen anyone else."There was a general chorus of agreement with his suggestion, so it seemed to be unanimous."All right, will the person who put their names in the box raise their hand?" said Kari.Not surprisingly, it was Lissa. "Until now I still wasn't sure if Dad really accepted Alya," she explained. "I knew I had to do something to get them to like each other, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity." Because you knew. ”“Yeah, it was. He came to claim his newest member. I wastrying to work on my book and she was in the bathroom.When the doorbell rang, it surprised me to find him andhis dozen women in the hallway. I invited him in, not reallyknowing, but suddenly understanding why he was there.When she walked out of the bedroom, wearing her newskin-tight, dark evening dress and high heels, I knew thatshe hadn’t dressed like that for me. He had made himselfat home in my easy chair and she sat.