’ ‘Greta!’ I exclaimed. ‘I don’t want to go anywhere near that butch female.’ ‘Now, now my boy,’ father said patronisingly, ‘your mo...her knows best what’s good for you.’ He hesitated and then turning to mother said, ‘I don’t see how sending him to Greta will prove more economical than the doctor.’ ‘Garage, clean, serve petrol, oil change, work for his keep.’ ‘Aha,’ father said, looking positively cheerful. ‘We could save a considerable sum if he went to Greta on a working holiday. We wouldn’t. Rain misses them, and would be very happy to visit.’ ‘I’m sure they’ll be happy to see their mother, too. You know I also took Dawn as a wife, and adopted Standing Bear as my son, didn’t you? What you may not know is that I’ve also taken a fourth wife named Moon. All four of them will be having babies in the spring,’ I told him, worried about how he would react. ‘Is good. I hope you have many strong sons. You good man, Two Lives. I know you be good father.’‘It’s good that you think so. I will. Let me elaborate, I was about to go to a school reunion, just turned 21, halfway through my psychology degree in one of the Countries best universities, and I had changed so much since my old school days. When I was in school, I hadn’t been the most popular candidate for dating to say the least. Never the prettiest or skinniest, always “the friend”. So while I was in school, I had felt ignored, invisible to an extent, and now all those anxious feelings were returning. The butterflies must have. The team of four went to work like whirling dervishes, storming through the rooms in pairs leaving sparking chrome and sweet smells in their wake.We only had a few hours if Cathy was right, and I had one more big task lined up. The Chem-Dry carpet cleaners were running a little late, but showed up not long after the cleaning crew had finished with the living and dining rooms, and I had moved most of the furniture into the hallways and kitchen. They went right to work, and had the downstairs.