‘I have something to tell you.’ Todd’s heart assaulted his ribcage as the man, down on one knee inspecting the exposed roots of the tree crushin... the rear of Claire’s garage, stood up and turned in profile. ‘No way. Wait a minute…’ He took a step away from the window and started at the touch of Claire’s hand on his shoulder. ‘This happens only once in a great while.’ ‘What does?’ Todd muttered. Just a little more, turn to me a little more so I can see, he thought. ‘That something is revealed to. ”He says my name even though I have never given it. And he acts as if it has been him in here with me the entire year, every time, even though it was always ‘random’.“Next time, you will let me do everything to you,” he prophesizes. “When you come to me tomorrow, you will not specify anything. You will not blacklist anything. You will give me no boundaries at all. For once, you will be at my mercy and I’ll make you wag your tail for me. And you’ll like it.”I open my mouth to say something,. " Sir?"Alex ignored the honorific this time. "If you have no plans for next Sunday, let me take you to a local fishing pier. One of DeeDee's cousins runs it—I can get a discount. Can either of you fish?" Eyes lit up and heads nodded. Excellent! "You catch a few Spanish Mackerel or flounder, and we'll let the girls show you what they learned from the old man. You won't be disappointed." And it'll be nice to be able to spend time with ... my future sons-in-law. I wonder if they know how obvious. " Rick said."If it wasn't too bad then the men would not be refusing to go to camp." I said."That is a new development since the cold weather started. Most of the men wanted to be in camp all summer." Rick replied."So what has changed to make it so bad now? Are they using the same camps or has that changed as well?" Julie asked."I am not sure what has changed. I guess we will have to ask some of the men and find out what the problem is." Rick stated."Ok Rick why don't you book a plane for you.