Be a darling and get a bottle of the Pouilly-Fume out of the fridge?”I’d just poured four generous glasses of our favourite dry white Loire Sauvig...on Blanc when my brother-in-law entered the room with a dish of four freshly-grilled trout. He’s a devil for being there as soon as the cork comes out of the bottle! (He says precisely the same about me, to be fair.)We sat down and helped ourselves, raising our glasses to each other before we started eating.“So, Jon, how was your trip?”“Not bad! It. So will you go with me?" No. I mean, no thanks."Jennie absolutely did not expect a refusal. "But why not? It'll be fun, Errol. You'll love my aunt, and she's really looking forward to meeting you."He shook his head and said, "Jennie, I told you how I feel about the holidays. I don't DO Christmas. I don't do it by myself and I don't do it with anybody else. Didn't you believe what I told you?" Yeah, but ... Oh, come on, Errol, you're just being silly about this holiday thing! It's a time when. ”Bight crimson flowed over my face and I’m sure Lindie’s too when my mom winked at us both proving she knew more than she was ever going to let on that she knew. It’s hard to put anything over on a mom. It’s in their genes.Lindie giggled and demurely put her left hand over her mouth.“Yes, mom,” I said. “It is great to see my old friend again. She always made me happy when we were kids.”Then my mom commented, “It sure looks like she’s made you happy today,” again giving out that knowing smile. As the workload increased so did the number of staff required. As his personal assistant he chose the pick of an excellent bunch who also happened to be a highly attractive full bodied blonde named Tracy who, as well as her physical attributes was also an excellent worker very soon conversant and efficient with her duties.Their relationship was strictly businesslike and they did not discuss their lives outside of work. Ralph knew from her CV that she was 27 and married.Jane settled in quickly.