She made me repeat Brigette’s many accomplishments several times over.“Are you going to tell Owen about Brigette?” I asked one day, as we sat in...a park with the baby asleep in his pram.“I don’t think that would be wise. If I told him about her, I’d have to tell him about Jack and all the awful things I’ve done. Abandoning my daughter, then having periodic sexual encounters with her father.”“How often did you get together with Jack?”“Too often,” she said, vaguely. “Whenever I felt down and. . when were you last intimate with my daughter?” Pierre started a little confrontational, but that was a common reaction from a father.“Save it, please. We both know that it’s my baby, Mr. Lanier, don’t we? And even if it isn’t, it is,” I told him, making him scratch his head.“I don’t follow you, Mr. Gottlieb,” Pierre told me.“Anyone else in her life who might have impregnated Jeannie would be bad news. Who do you think out there would take good care of a cat burglar and her baby? More cat. ” I wrote the numbers 0 to 9 on my whiteboard. These are the 10 decimal digits. But for reasons that will soon become obvious, it is often useful for computer people to use hexadecimal ... Chrissy, what does hexadecimal mean?”“No fucking clue.”“Then you were supposed to stop me and ask. Let’s try this again. it is often useful for computer people to use hexadecimal.” I paused.Chrissy’s hand went up. “Mikey dearest, what the fuck is hexadecimal?”“I’m so glad you asked. It means base 16 or a. ", they laughed. They gave Chris and Jelmer a hand, and within the hour the stairs were completed. The rest of the morning was used to finish up the 3rd roof ready for concrete after lunch. The light posts were put up along the stairs and the concrete was poured in and around the bricks. The last roof was poured as well. And around 2 o'clock that afternoon the volunteers were all given the rest of the week off.Chris walked over to the builder's yard and talked with the boss. He wanted to see.