That caught my attention immediately. Once I found that out I started to read outside under the shade, hoping he would notice me. It didn’t take lon..., but I came up with a good excuse to get him inside the house where I could give him an opportunity to maybe get some action. During his lunch break he was just sitting alone in the back. I told him to come inside and that I would make him lunch, he declined but I wouldn’t take no for an answer. He followed me inside where I had lunch already. Meg was his little sister and Jim would do anything he could to protect her."I won't," I assured him. "If there is any heart breaking done I'm afraid it will mine that is broken," I finished.Meg softly ran her hand over my chest in reassurance and affection. The subject changed and we started to discuss plans for the weekend. My parents had a cabin at the lake but we had opted to pitch a tent on the shore instead of staying in it. My parents also had a boat, which we did plan to use. When we. ”“It’s what you did?” the chairman asked.“It only worked, because I didn’t work for him,” I said with a smile.“We really need your help. How about this, come to work at the Raleigh office and teach us how to do what you did,” he suggested.“I’m sorry sir, there is nothing to teach. I just saw a problem in both cases and worked out a solution. What I didn’t do was wait for some kind of panel to review the plan before I put it into motion. Both of those just happened to work. They could just as. I swear I actually saw one of them skip. Sam used the brute force method, Stan had more finesse. They squabbled like a couple of old maids over who got the best distance but I refused to get involved. Besides it wasn't really a contest; brute force has a finesse all its own. Sure the marina has its own security but for the most part they just hung back and watched. I think they were making side bets themselves.After a few days it all died down. I hadn't been seen with Tinker Bell since that.