Beth gaveme a cup of coffee and told me very plainly that I hadruined Dave’s party and that she would have to host thenext one alone. I told her...to quit. Beth shook her headno. “We need the money baby please don’t be mad.”I couldn’t look at her, or talk to her for a week, butwe slowly got back into our routine. I went to work shewent to work and everything seemed Ok. She began todress better she stopped running errands for Dave onher days off. Everything seemed to. He had managed to keep it a secret from everyone, including his family, with two exceptions.The first was his family doctor, Dr. Schwartz. Peter had been in for a routine check up several years ago and built up the bravery to ask his doctor if there was anything he could do to improve his penis situation. The elderly doctor had been sympathetic to Peter, but let him know that there weren't any magic pills or pumps that could increase his size down there. The good doctor did Peter a favor and. Man, why did I think her nighty was cute? And whatdoes it matter if she is wearing socks or the color? I still couldn'tunderstand what was going on with me."Daddy, don't you want to know why Amy suggested I use that camera totry to catch Brian?" Oh man...she was still wanting to talk about thisstuff. "Honey, it doesn't matter as long as you found out what youneeded to. At least now you know for sure that it was Brian. So thatsolved everything." I was really trying to just end this. . would you like to know the valuation of the shares now, ma’am?”“No, I don’t think so, Mr Barrington, it is a private not a public company, which means I cannot sell them to anyone without the approval of the majority of shareholders and, as I am unlikely to ever realise their value, I suppose I do not really need to know.”“Oh, go on Gill,” Gertie gently nudged her, winking, “Barrington is absolutely meticulous in these matters, so I bet he’s dying to tell you how much you are worth.”“Go on.