"So, you want to talk?" said Anne."Yes, I think we have something important to talk about," said Julia.They sat down in the living room and listened f...r the girls. They wereclearly playing."Tell me honestly Anne. Do you find me attractive?" asked Julia."You are an attractive woman, but I'm not attracted to you, if thats whatyou mean," said Anne, her voice not convincing."I'm just thinking back to the time you blushed the other night. Itwasn't the reaction I was expecting from you. Sure, I was. "Shift mate I want that seat that is my Sister in Law and this is family business we have to discuss."Tony despite the warning just laughed and said. "Forget it chum."Almost simultaneously Kate had stood up and faced her brother in law. "Go away or else I will call the guard."A couple of sailors becoming aware of the raised voices stood up and grabbing the brother in law by the arms threw him out into the corridor.For some reason something had told Tony that despite the warning he had nothing. ” I agreed and promised to do better in the future, much better.He talked as he went to the door and locked it; his secretary had taken an early lunch because, she was not at her desk. I waited, squirming in my chair, perspiring a little and waiting. This was all set up pointing to a sore backside…mine. He sat on his desk, facing me, and explained the situation in careful clear terms.Although my overall job performance was good, sometimes, there were just too many mistakes – too much wasted. ‘Then there was the trouble at the Fordham place a couple of nights ago.’ ‘Trouble? What kind of trouble?’ Chris stopped eating. No one named Fordham had lived in the house for ages, but that was how everyone knew the big colonial at the end of town — the Fordham place. It was old, with peeling paint that had probably once been white. It had seen a few different owners while Chris was growing up, and more than one had tried repainting and remodeling, but it never stuck. The kids told each other.