I had to figure out chess. I had to fix my Spanish grade. Damn. Things had seemed like they were rolling along. That weekend at the lake was a high po...nt, but it looked like I was heading for a low. I decided the first thing to do was call Larry.He answered on the first ring. We chatted for a bit and then I said, “Your grandpa told Andreas to give me some new duties. And they gave me a raise. And $40. Is this what I think it is?”Larry waited a second before he answered.“He likes you. You aren’t. "Actually, there is one thing," he winked at me,"but its really nasty!". My heart started to pound, my body started to heat up. "I dont mind if its dirty." "Okay, good come here," He walked towards a desk and lifted it up. He flipped it and exposed 3 years worth of gum stuck to its bottom."Oh, I saidd, surprised, and disapointed, "Just scrape it off with a pencil, Ill give you a b+ if you cand do all the desks, oh heres a pencil!" He told me, he flipped the desk back and one of the legs caught. “Alicia? Who is this?” he asked in a querulous voice.“Oh, hello dear. This is our son-in-law, Reginald Robertson. He knows a bit about cooking, so I have been showing him round the kitchen. He is going to be a great asset to Freda, what with being able to cook as well as help out with her education.”Reg had jumped up to an erect stance, and stuck out his hand.“Thank you for hosting us, sir. I hope we are not too much of a handful. Just call me Reg.”“Welcome, Reg, to my home. I didn’t expect to. I have no idea how long they left me there, but it felt like hours. Every once in awhile someone would come in and see how I was doing, and I always asked where Sue and Robert were or if anyone had seen them. Eventually I found out they had gone into one of the bedrooms and closed the door, and they had not come out yet. Some people were teasing me about what might be going on in there, and as the time went on I started getting a hollow feeling in my stomach. What were they doing? I was getting.