So maybe you should just go and do the same to him as a Fuck You note...'She wiped her eyes and smiled. Of course! She thanked me and hugged me tight ...nd forgot about it, or so I thought. Obviously I was stupid to think that, too, no denying. We went back inside and just as Richie came into sight, Vicki grabbed my hand and approached him with me in tow. I kind of knew where it was headed but just went along anyway. Casually Vicki said goodnight to Richie's sister, pecked her on the cheek and. Thanks a lot.’ I handed him a ten. ‘Keep the change,’ I said as I pulled out of the gas station. ‘Hey, thanks a lot. Now, I can afford to put my kids through college, you cheap bastard,’ he yelled after me as I drove off. People always thought that I had money when they saw my big car. If they only knew that I had to take a collection to buy gas from my friends. After my friends tired of driving their two door cars, they would hop in my car and we’d go for a ride. My car was so big that I. “Did you truly think that I would panic like a debutante in a P.G. Wodehouse book over all of this?” She looked over at the Nursery door, smiled, then looked back to me. “I, too, now have future rulers of San Finzione to think of. And whom I can entrust with them.”I smiled at the future Contessa Maria Louisa Francesca de San Finzione.“No.” I told her as I stood. “I thought you handled it like a Contessa.”That got a smile back before she left to go meet Stavro and I went to go spend some time. Cliff briefed her on his call from Crowther at Magna. "Do you know what you have done, young lady? In less than 24 hours — on your initiatives — we've gone from no place to Magna's top supplier. And Kelly, in confidence I'll tell you our costs have come down to such an extent, we will absolutely mint money on this contract!"Sandy had left the office. When she returned, she again had papers in her hand. They were copies of the Magna letter that had just been received.Kelly read it and then read.