“He’d already met his end of the deal. I had the show and the publicity. I was comfortable that it was just a standard contract.”“This gives m... a bad feeling, Kate.”“I signed over the publishing rights for anything new I create. That was the deal. Anything, Tony. If I draw a picture, he has the right to publish it. If I paint, he gets to produce it. He’s taken six of the drawings I exhibited and produced crappy prints of them. I was so smart I signed away my life, Tony. The only way I can keep. The secretary took notes. The contractor did too until the heiress told him just to listen and the secretary would record. As we walked to the entrance she talked about smoothing and paving. At the gate, she withdrew a large padlock key and tried opening the lock. The innards had rusted. I took over and with more patience it released. The manly contractor removed the heavy chain and per instruction tossed it aside. The gate squealed uneasily when it opened. The path my earlier entourage had. They take about an hour to kick in but that's probably around the time you'll be glad to have taken them. I suggest taking one right now and if you need more later you can always just ask me."The high school sophomore considered for only a moment. "You'd better give me two to start," she said.Heather laughed but she produced the two capsules and handed them to the beauty-queen along with a bottle of water. Alina quickly gulped them down."That's probably a good idea. Like I said it'll be at. Even final exams, now just two and three weeks away, were not intimidating.I was about to become Will Everett, unemployed college graduate and golf caddie.Mom would be so proud!Tess had her own school, and her own graduating, to worry about, and after the two-day weekend of golf at the club, she told me she'd be going back to UVA for the next two weeks. "Will you still be here when I get back?" she asked."You mean here, at the club? Probably. My degree isn't going to get me very far out of.