. we four were waiting at my house. Maria, Sofia, Bianca ... and me ... a plethora of riches. JW was planing on just me.“What?” JW said.“School ...lothes.”“Oh ... where did they come from?” He surreptitiously indicated the teens.“I’ll have you know I’m the official state approved guardian of these orphans.” I was proud when I said it.“What about her?” That gesture was directed at Maria.“She’s my boss ... I’m building quality cabinets ... and Farr 3.7 race-boats.”Flabbergasted him, I did. Yup .... This hotel had another beach side resort a few kilometres away with a private beach and a full day at that resort would cost rs.3000 each. They had a small cottage with a pool attached to it and glamorous beach with no interruption from locals. This sounded like a great idea for me to bond with her.The taxi from our hotel would take five minutes to reach, so we went back to our rooms to gather our swim wear and gear. She returned with a small duffel bag while I put all my stuff together in my. In fact it was 14, for she elected to be secured according to the rules described above. The main event was the only time that I wished I had had a cane with a padded handle. The messages that the resilience of the cane transmitted to my hand were, of course, very instructive but that hand was beginning to tire by the last stroke. I recall feeling tempted, when the collective caning was complete, to line them all up in the touch-toes position so that I could more easily assess the entire. Perhaps if I were to gallantly perform some service for her she would notice my existence. I thought about slashing a tire so that I could change it out for her, rejected that, then considered pulling the coil wire, but the door was locked. Finally, I decided just to say, “Hello!” I might follow that up with, “Nice morning, huh?” or, “It looks like another hot one today.” What came out was, “Howdy!” followed by a long silence punctuated by my red face and my inability to do anything but smile..