Well, dat ‘n de love of a gud womin. She help me get fixed up nice an purty for Adam and de ovah slaves done left and let us be alone in da quarters... I went to Adam in de night. He weren’t sleep none, he wuz just layin’ dere, eyes open, like he been waitin’ for me. He say I smell real sweet. I put some ‘o de missus toilet water straight from Paris France behind my ears. I let my frock fall to da floor and I stood dere, with nothin’ on but da light from da moon dat wuz lightin up da room, and. "Okay, good. I know things have been tight lately since we had to cut some hours. It means a lot to me, and the company, that you stuck through these hard times. It's nice to come before you and have some good news. Thanks to some terrific work by the front office staff, I can announce that we won the overhaul and maintenance contract for Trans-Pecos Gas. That's all their fleet vehicles for three years!"There was an explosion of exclamations and spontaneous hand clapping."That's right, a three. I'm a decent looking guy, I have a good job and I worship the ground that Julie walks on. What more could a mother want for her daughter? A lot more apparently, at least as far as Julie's mother was concerned.She was against me from the start and I hadn't even gotten out of the driveway following that first visit when she was on Julie about how unsuitable I was and that Julie should waste no time in getting rid of me. The funny thing about it is that she was never even able to give Julie a. "Jennifer and Morgan took a deep breath of relief as the soldiers headedout. They slid the floor tile off and stepped out after the soldiersleft. "Now that they are done with their mandatory inspection, It should beeasy enough to pass as part of the unloading crew. After we have unloadeda pallet, it should be easy enough then to get a rid down to the surface.Perhaps we can pass as tourists. Want to look at the Pyramidal Palace orthe Republic Senate Building or the Capital. Any of those should.