You've been a big help," As I open the door to allow him to leave. Joel doesn't move towards the door and looks at me, "What if I showed it to them?"... I stare blankly at him as I didn't believe what I just heard. Katie appears around the corner "What the fuck did you say?" "What if I showed them the video?" he hollers across the room towards the kitchen. "Excuse me?" as I shut the door behind him. "I think it would be rather embarrassing for the president of the PTA to be begging like that. ”He was still unimpressed. “Really.”“Yeah. She’s going to come up in a little while to try it out.”“I don’t know, man,” Carl persisted. “No offense, but she’s going to distract Petey-boy here, at least.”Pete gave him a foul look but said nothing.I sighed, annoyed at the lack of support. “Whatever, Carl,” I retorted. “Like Mina and Randi aren’t distractions?”Carl shrugged as he continued to tweak his kit.“I’m sure it’ll be fine,” I dismissed, once there was a break in his repeated tom strikes.. ... make that a chance for some timealone with the reluctant Cricket."I think I can score some booze from a friend of mine," he proffered,adding, "although Coach will kill me if he finds out!" Don't bother, my brother. I've got the 'sitch' handled," Jake told themconfidently. He couldn't resist using slang around Ty and Kristi. "I lifted the keys to my dad's liquor cabinet before he left. I don'tthink he'd miss one bottle."There was further evidence of Jake's rebellion against his father. . "Go ahead, Pretty Penny." There was laughter in the background."Pretty Penny is a two masted sailing warship. She is the flagship of Admiral Andrea Koenigsknecht. We will be entering harbor within 24 hours and the Captain wishes to know if you will return our salute to your nations flag." Certainly ... in what manner do you intend?" Twenty one gun salute to the flag and a 17 gun salute to any serving United States Navy or Coast Guard Admiral who happens to be present at the beginning of our.