The cheese is already grated. Would you fetch them?" Yes, Ma'am." Junior ... I'll need more bread ... time it to the store, please. Whole grain wheat....Money is on the counter."Junior flashed out and in ... she had a bag of several loaves ... and salted Amish butter."While I mix up the potatoes, you girls start the sandwiches." Too checked, "Company? Are you really hungry?" Yes ma'am, nuclear waste is filling but it's not nummy."The recipe was doubled.Six cups of cold mashed potatoes, a cup and. . for the earthquake,” Max reminded her.Paige had forgotten that detail, but was glad Max had said “our friends” as if she knew Dennis, Lev, and Arwen more than a little. It made her sound like part of their merry band. She found herself a glass and emptied the vodka bottle into it. “Is your father worried about his water-electric thing ... because of the quake?”“Maybe. He is ... still in India, I think.” Anais swirled her glass. “He has a new thing to worry about there.”A knock at the door. He caught the daughter on the roof this past Friday night smoking a reefer with a guilty look on her pretty face."Oh, my God, Mr. Sal, please don't tell my mom. I just had to have one. It makes me feel all nice inside and so calm."The 17 year old girl was so mortified and fearful that Sal was aroused by her actions."Well, Betty, I should report this right away but you seem like a nice girl and I am sure you are only doing this for medicinal purposes."The pretty girl almost cried with real tears. He reached out for Sandra, who wore just one of Ken’s white shirts. He kissed her and reached behind with his hand and groped her naked bottom. As he did so he looked at Ken and smiled. It was a smile that was purposely meant to remind him whose woman she now was. Next morning as Samuel prepared to leave he caught Ken in the kitchen, draining his coffee mug before rushing off to work. “Thanks’ for everything Ken,” he told him. “Glad we got things sorted in the end.” Ken nodded in.