She was standing to one side of her desk when we came up. She noted that Karen was wearing a ring on her left ring finger. “It appears that you have...an announcement, then I want you to tell the class how you go about writing this story. Then please read what I have here.”I said, “I am proud to announce that Karen Mason has agreed to marry me early this summer and wears my engagement ring.”Karen held up the ring where it could be seen. She said, “We had worked together on the description and. “It’s easy to lay everything at Threnody’s feet, but there are people in Ferrari who are very invested in the behavior of the royal family. And there are Stones who would see such an arrangement as exploitive and consider you an enemy for it.”Nick kissed the top of her head. “I’m not sure I know who you’re talking about, but my grasp of family politics is still pretty raw. Are any of the people you’re talking about scarier than Threnody?”“No,” Verity chuckled. “But, I’m not sure you understand. Just like those two kids."Back at the Resort, without even having to be told, Marcy helped unload the truck, took the pools' pH levels, and mucked out the horse barn. I caught her gently patting the nose of Patricia, the oldest of the plough horses."Come, young naturist in training. Your services are requested by outsiders."She followed to the next job feeling quite dubious about the whole thing, although you'd think by now she'd have realized that nothing I had her do risked anything worse. He has a pierced ear and he's wearing a Sex Pistols shirt"Hi" he says to me"Hey" I say back"You new here" He asks me"Yeah so" I give him a look that's basically saying "Don't fuck with me" Hey man relax I'm new to and I thought we could be friends since u like the same music I like" O okay cool I'm Alex but call me Painter" Cam" We shake and talk about what we did over the Summer. What bands we've seen. Stuff like that I find out Cam likes to play basketball. He's a virgin to like me and I.