“Thanks, Patty. Thanks very much. That’s good to know. But you didn’t have to deliver that news in person at seven in the morning. Next time jus... give me a call.”He saw her smile fade from her face. He turned and unlocked the door.“Well, duty calls.”He stepped inside the door and Patty stepped in behind him before he could close the door. He could feel body her pressing against him as he stood in the doorway.“There’s more I have to tell you,” she panted. “Can we go upstairs?”He didn’t know how. Wiping a couple of stray blades of grass off his face, he brought himself up to a kneeling position. Lethe had stepped out of the car to check on him while Katherine was walking around the front of the vehicle rubbing her stomach where it ached from laughing.Taking in his surroundings, his face fell. The mansion wasn’t really a mansion, in his mind at least. Instead of a towering Victorian-style building with a grand courtyard and a circular drive like in the movies, the structure in front of. We worked in a somewhat remote location and I was in charge of the operation there. My boss was at the headquarters some distance away, so I had a lot of freedom. There were two young ladies that worked for me in the office and most everyone else worked in the field. I spent a lot of time around these ladies and we developed an interesting and close relationship over the years. We talked about everything, but we always came around to the subject of sex. These young ladies were both very open. ''Good idea, Jem. Thanks. And put that book back. After it's valued I'll see if we can come to an arrangement.'For the next couple of hours they worked their way through the house, room by room. Andy and Matt each had a clipboard and made notes as they went. Paul and Jerry moved some of the smaller items destined for auction to the van. The last room they inspected was the attic.'We're not going to leave much for the family, ' Andy said. 'We've practically cleared out the house.''The family.