He had six calls to come in for interviews by noon on Thursday. Teachers got sick, took early retirement or just got fed up and quit. He was certified...in secondary education and had the course requirements to teach math and science. With an MBA concentrated in accounting he could also have taught business, which was pretty much a complete joke in a public high school. The schools that contacted him were so desperate they would have let him teach anything and legally could have done so, at least. Worked my way through Texas as a ranch hand and thought I'd found a place to stay in Santa Fe. Reckon I was wrong." Well if it's a ranch hand you want to be, the folks down to Pipe Springs got a good spread and they're always lookin for help," Sam said."If it's such a good spread why do they always need help?" Clay asked. Something didn't sound right to him."They do have a little trouble now and then with your friends the Paiute and of course the Navajo too; seems the Indians don't like the. I could see his face turning puce, it seemed to start at the back of his neck, spread to the front and then creep up to diffuse his face. ‘You…you…you want to be a civil engineer…a bloody civil engineer. Boy you’re more stupid than I thought you were.’ ‘Sid,’ mother said menacingly. ‘All right…all right…you tell me how he can be a civil engineer with a maths level of about an eight year old.’ ‘It’s not as bad as that, Sid, and we should give Robin at least this last chance in high school.’. "My crew are here for a bit of R and R." Good, I'll be in touch then," he said.I punched in for a mug of number one coffee, for I had time to go through all one hundred blends, when Rachelle walked back on board."You ok?" I asked."Yeah," she said. "I've found a place and I've booked in for a few days, starting tomorrow." Good, good," I said taking a sip.It was dark and bitter just the way I liked it."What about you?" she asked. "Are you going to do anything?" Yeah, I must get some shopping.