"No you didn't," he says, opening the door to leave. "I thought you'dfigured that out."----"Hey," Aim?e knocks on my door. "There's something for you.... There is?" I say, looking up from the mirror and setting down mymakeup sponge. Maybe James sent a good luck note. "What?" These came from your sister? She said she'd see you afterwards," shesmiles, and hands me a bunch of flowers. "She looks so like you! Wasthat," she drops her voice to a whisper "the real Ellen?"I take the flowers from her -- a. At the end of the day, if I’m happy with your work, you’ve got the job.’ ‘OK.’ ‘I gotta warn you, I don’t talk much.’ ‘Neither did the cows and we got along alright.’ At this point Sampson had finally managed to lumber onto the dock. He apparently didn’t share David’s reservations. He approached Danni wagging his tail furiously and leaned into her, looking to be scratched. She obliged and he immediately decided she would do just fine as the new deckhand. ‘Damn traitor,’ David thought to. We then spent the next hour deciding what I would cook. I am a competent cook though with a limited repertoire. When I mentioned my daughters’ favourite was my take on sausage pie, that was the agreed menu. There would be no alcohol, partly because she was still taking some medication and partly because she felt that alcohol had played a significant part in her ordeal. I agreed easily, as I rarely drink before the evening as I usually end up falling asleep if I do; my daughters had both. Mindy didn’t want to think about that. Instead she tried to remember Abbey’s demeanor. She hadn’t said anything. Batiste had told her to forget it had happened, to return to her friends, and say she’d just gone to the bathroom. It was obvious Abbey didn’t remember her music teacher being there. She’d have told the police about that. At a minimum she’d have asked Mindy about it.So, whatever Batiste had done with the baton had directly affected the way Abbey had perceived things, not just her.
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