As soon as I approached, I could hear a dog yapping. Kathy and her dog were in the garage looking through boxes. I apologized and she was very pleasan.... She motioned me to the small laundry room and told me to put my wet clothes in the dryer and gave me a couple of towels and a terry cloth robe.The robe was a bit small on me and Kathy mentioned that it was her ten year old who lived with Kathy’s ex-husband. I did not ask any more questions about the custody. Her eleventh anniversary and thirty. He lingered patiently, his mind intent on mischief, as she went about her task, carefully manipulating her tripod and photographing her glittering garden, her Tuesday night?s homework, overdue, as he knew from the email she had sent him that morning. He knew, too, that she thought him to be still overseas, and wouldn?t expect him back for a week at least.At length she seemed finished, for she began putting the camera equipment away. He smiled, and used her distraction to his advantage,. They had beers for us and wine for them. “Sorry to take so long, guys,” Julie said. “We were just ... discussing our, uh, situation.” Sara flashed a quick glance at Julie and blushed again.“What situation is that, Julie?” I asked her.“Well, with the four of us being naked and all,” She glanced at Sara. Sara gave her a little nod and her cheeks turned even pinker. Sara looked at me nervously. Julie continued. “Well, Mike and I have been thinking it might be fun to ... well, to swap with you guys. Eventually I would envision a more permanent school setting being established, either using the existing buildings or constructing something new. There is plenty of space for carefully planned expansion.’ Amanda took his hand once again as they started walking back to the car. ‘So your idea is for this to be a permanent facility for girls like mine? Would the Methodist Church agree to that?’ ‘Once my grandmother buys in on our idea, she’ll make it happen for us. That’s why I suggested her to.