She’s an early riser. She should be here in around an hour.”“Thanks Sam. Bob, did your Father and Uncle say when they would be here today?”“...ometime between ten and eleven. What about the custom clothing people.”Ruth responded, “Lizzy will be here with a small truck and a couple of helpers between 11 and noon. She said the truck is equipped with a sewing table and sewing machine so they can do prototypes and alterations on site.”Matt, Bob, Sam and Megan were out front of the ranch house. Matt. Baby Girl clung to his side and took in the only warmth she was probably going to see for a while. Baby Girl sat at the bar and tried not to pout. Daddy had opened a tab and told the bartender to give her whatever she asked for. Then he immediately just left her alone. He had wandered to a group of women, smiling that smile that never failed to make her weak in the knees. The women swooned and Baby Girl gripped her shot glass as she tossed back shot after shot of tequila. Daddy carefully. Danielle popped her head into my office before they left."Uh, David," she stammered. "About that, uh, in the conference room. I hope I didn't embarrass you. It was harmless, you know. I mean, you saw me in my undies in L.A. I just don't want problems."I was one of only two males in the department when it started and it had taken some time to break the women from sharing intimate details in loud voices. Most of them had worked with only one or two others in their previous jobs and none had. The digital alarm clock brakes you out of your sleep, still dreamless, still uneventful. You reach for the accused technology on your nightstand and slam the snooze button. As you lay there, you contemplate going back to sleep, but what good would that do? Five more minutes of nothing doesn't sound very refreshing to you. Instead, you might as well wake up fully, not like you had much a choice anyway since it's the first day of school. Oh how the days of summer past. At least this was your.