Then Mike said, ‘Where’s Silvio?’ to which the reply, ‘here uncle, here.’ As a small boy, about 9 years old, ran from behind the cupboards w...ere he must have been hiding, ‘here uncle!’ I looked at this little boy, then at Mike who, by this time had picked him up and was tickling and cuddling him, and there was definitely a resemblance! Oh dear, I wondered even more, there must be a story here!! Maria was looking at the two of them with love in her eyes, and not just for Silvio. It was obvious. Since the kids mom had passed from cancer, I was probably a bit more protective than needed, but I figured better safe than sorry.Deb was out on a date with a new boy. I’d met him before they went out and told them her curfew was midnight. I looked at the clock and was getting ready to go through my mental list of punishments for Deb staying out too long when the front door opened.“Hi Daddy! I made it,” Deb giggled.I chuckled, “Yeah you made it.”“You weren’t worried, were you?”“Deb, I’m your. If there was one thing he couldn’t stand it was rude people and the attitude on this one stunk but being the nice guy Tom tried to start up a conversation realising everyone is entitled to a bad day – after all this was the reason he wanted to eat alone in his room. “Oh wow that looks good! Can’t wait to get stuck into that!” Tom said with enthusiasm.“Yeh. Defo. Can you sign this for me” The waiter said as he held out a bill.Tom was starting to get infuriated making his headache that little bit. If looks could kill, both men felt that they would have died a few thousand times, from the look Shelby gave them."Let us hope," she stated her voice tight and terse. "That the will refrain from this in the future. I can make sure they are NEVER bored again!"Both men shivered at the implied threat that Shelby had just issued. They both quickly turned to Derrick."The data is all there sir. It is dependent upon the A.I.'s personality." Rayburn stated.Derrick's smirk hadn't completely disappeared.