All right?" Sure!" Nancy said happily, coming over for the glass. "It'll be ready whenever you are."Dana went to help her, and Ken leaned back with a ...igh to light another cigarette. His nerves were shattered, and it would take him a while to get back on an even keel.One redeeming fact had come out of their presentation to him, however. It was quite evident that neither of them were in the least aware of his relationship with Lynn. Of course, they had always been discreet, but now he was. And, working hard and working well together, we got most of the bigger stuff set up within a couple of hours. I made to make an immediate start on configuring the IT side of things but he stopped me and suggested a coffee instead. Well, man after my own heart and all that, so I agreed and – the office coffee maker being in a cardboard box somewhere in the pile – went off to fill a kettle.When I got back, I found him sitting on one of the desks, talking good humouredly with Rosie. Who greeted me. . Okay, but you better wear a life vest ... Yeah, I know it's hard to dive with a life vest ... Make sure that Manuel or Hector are in the water ... Ed! ... Ed! ... Are you still there."Then she threw down the phone and started running back up the tunnel. Audra picked up the phone and said, "Hello. Manuel, is everything okay? It is? Good."She turned to us and said, "Hector is in the water showing Edward the opening."When they returned to the boat they guided me as I anchored the two milk jugs. Most nights, we would curl up on the couch together in the den, and play with each other while we watched TV. We had a regular ritual where mom would get up and draw the curtains over the sliding glass door, then sit back down. That was my cue, and I would take off my pajamas and wait for her to tell me what to do."Sometimes she would just have me stand in front of her and she would put my hands on her shoulders. She would tell me to spread my legs, and then she would put her fingers inside.