I carried the cooler of water to them about an hour later and they all were grateful. I ask if they had time to eat a burger when they were done? They...said that will be good, but they wanted to go home tonight if they could. I told them to come in back when they were done, and walked back to the house. Vickie said she wanted to go lay out by the pool and have a beer or 2. Another good idea I said. I was getting the grill ready when my wife came out. She had on a yellow bikini."DAMN", I thought.. Tabitha, a three year old, asked Michael why she had only one brother and all the rest were sisters. Michael replied only the Gods knew, and everything would work out for the best. "As for you, Miss Tabitha, in ten days' time we will go to the cottage, just our family, all twenty-nine of us." Tabitha asked if that meant tomorrow. Michael told her that would mean when she woke up once for each finger on both hands, and he had her hold up her hands, then he counted each finger and thumb until he. ”By then Elizabeth had walked though the doorway. “Hello, Mummy,” she said as she dropped her rucksack.“Lizzie? But how? When? Oh my darling!” and the two fell into a tight embrace. The tears flowed down Claire’s cheeks, and they were joined by Elizabeth’s as the two wept with happiness.“Oh, Mum!” her daughter whispered.“So good! How?” sniffed her mother.“As soon as I got your email, I applied for some holiday time. Dad paid my fare. I only get today and the weekend, I’m back at work on. What he does is he buys the property, he fixes what needs to be fixed, paints, overhauls. And then he puts it on the market for a higher price. Do you guys want to do these things yourself?Chloe: No, we only want to sell it as it is.Lawyer: What we can do is hire someone to appraise the house and it’s worth, negotiate a price and cut a deal.Chloe: You don’t mind if we hire our own appraiser.Lawyer: We hire one, you guys hire one and we’ll negotiate the price after.Candy: That sounds fair!Chloe:.