”I nodded, “To cover up for his failure. The first guy, too. They were both embarrassed and made up stories at your expense. I believe the term yo... used was arsehole!”Kajri laughed, “Yes. Are you upset?”“No, just surprised. I guess I misunderstood what you were saying.”She shook her head, “No. I hid that on purpose. Jeri doesn’t know that last bit. I was even going to pretend with you, because I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t be able to tell. But then I got comfortable enough to say it.”“If you. ?It was a waste of time me putting these jeans on then.?Adams burst into laughter. ?Do you really think I am going to spank you over your jeans? No, that won’t do at all. Let me make it clear. I am going to spank your bare buttocks. Then he added for good measure: ?M’Lady.??I can assure you, you will do no such thing!? ?You win. I won’t. What I will do is give my employer, your husband, the photograph I have, that, just to remind you, shows you on your knees, gnawing at your brother in law’s. Show me around?”“Sure. I have a salad for you in the fridge, but come on. Besides the development team, only Clay is in the office. The sales team is out selling, and the consultants are out consulting!”“As it should be,” I replied with a grin. “What’s the scoop on the additional on-site staff?”“Based on financials, I’m targeting January 2nd as their start date. I’ll start doing phone interviews in a week or so.”We walked down the hallway past a couple of empty offices to the ‘bullpen’ where. She had one year of teaching 15 and 16-year old mommy’s little darlings and decided that she was not a professional baby sitter. The system was glad to have her leave, as more than half of her students did not pass her course.Jane took over the last of the bedrooms and was a stern taskmaster on my writing, but my number of rewrites decreased some more to less than one per book. I was happy, CC was happy, and Jane was ecstatic. Laura was now a very pleased and proud den mother of three adult.