One month it was Daddy and Me. The next it was Mommy and Me. My choice didn't involve a dinner of the evening. That would have been easy for me to arr...nge because I'm only on call at night once every other week and one weekend every other month. Mine came during a holiday get-together at the preschool. It was scheduled for 10 a.m. and I had a conference rescheduled on me for 11:30 a.m.There was no way I could do both so I picked what was most important. I caught a royal ass-chewing from a. Surely everyone could tell at a glance the make and model?“It’s the reason Tiff’s parents barred her from meeting me.”“They weren’t supposed to be home?”“Tiff had me bent over the sofa.”The girls collapsed on the bed in a fit of giggles and rolled over each other, wrestling. Somehow in the frolicking, the thing turned on and both ends started to wobble and the girls shrieked in glee. What had I got myself into?When they calmed down, Tiff added “That wasn’t really the only reason they banned. The server room was dark, lit by thousands of blinking blue and green lights that indicated business as usual. It was a secure area so Alex swiped his keycard and opened the door. It was warm and you could hear the soft whirring noise from the fans working to keep the equipment cool. “Wow, this place is neat,” she said, and she meant it. It was amazing that all of these systems powered their company and held all their data. He was staring at her face. "It is really impressive. I wouldn’t think. "Thank you, Skip-per," she said slowly and distinctly.Cherry gently covered Nadiya's hand with her left. "You are very welcome, Nadiya. CC helped, too, you know."The girl looked across at CC, then at Pippa, rose and went to CC. Shaking a little, she looked him in the eyes. "Thank you, C-C," she said quietly."You are very welcome, Nadiya." Come and sit down, Nadiya," Cherry said. "I am going to take us round to Hamford Water. It's not far – about eight miles – but we have to be in and anchored.