I cannot help Helen if I have to worry for your safety. Please, Christine?"The young woman let out an involuntary snort of disgust and crossed her arm... over her chest."I am not some helpless maiden, Monsieur. Nor, do I intend for you to leave me alone where I am in greater danger than if I were with you. I leave you no choice in this matter, unless you lock me in this room and board up the windows, I am coming with you!"Erik's eyes flickered to the window as a movement outside caught his. I also urged Vicki tocut down on the drinking.When I helped her rearrange her closet and drawers (and helped her fillthree bags of clothes to give away) she was so overwhelmed withappreciation she broke down a cried. She held me and said how luckySarah was to have me and how any man would be thrilled to have ahousewife like me. She later told me that she dreamed of becoming astalented a housewife as I was. With nice words like that I felt completely repaid for all the efforts Ihad made for. Jill met her at the airport that morning and they drove the short distance to the house. While Sandy unpacked, they chatted about this and that. Jill told Sandy about her boy friend Ron. She and Ron had made tentative plans for a boat trip to the southern part of the Catalina Islands with a good friend of Ron's. His name was Jeff, and he has a sail boat at one of the marinas in Mission Bay.Sandy told Jill that she just wanted to enjoy the beach and the sun. If Bob hadn't gotten tied up at work. Soon his father walks in. "Dad, you're supposed to call first." I just happened to be in the neighborhood and I don't have a cell phone, you know." That's not acceptable, Dad!"Jeff, in the meantime, jumps out of the pool, runs up to them, happily greeting Louis, "Hi grandpa!"Sean's head sinks as his father stutters in shock, "Sh-Sh-Sean, d-d-did you elope!" No Dad. Jeff just calls me Dad, so you're Grandpa!"Sternly, getting to what really troubles him, "Sean, why in God's name, is Jeff naked!.