" I am tough," I said. "I just never heard of anybody having a tree house like this." That's not my fault," Ruhk told me. "I asked you out about a mil...ion times." Shut-up!" I giggled and I hated that sound. "I'm not gonna make out with you anyway." Here," he said, opening the door and stepping in.Ruhk hit a dimmer switch and the inside lit up brightly until he dialed it down. There were windows, of course, and they were covered with curtains, kind of old ugly ones, but the whole place wasn't. If the man failed, well...Percy was traveling in Sicily see his current host's organization. Percy was staying in the host's villa with the family. There was no talk of business in the villa. The wife was a charming woman about 20 years younger than her husband.It was obvious that she had married him for his money and him for her beauty and youth. She had produced two children for him, a boy and a girl. The boy was a mirror image of his father, Don Gerard Cassini, a dark curly hair, olive skin,. I was hand in hand with Sam most of the evening.When the band played 'Please Love Me Forever' I held Sam very close and sang the words in her ear.At one point Sam and I were talking to Marge and Jim. I had glanced behind her and saw Maggie Mae dressed almost like a slut. To be honest, she did look damn sexy from a male's point of view. She sure was getting the looks. Mom had invited the Roberts out of neighborhood courtesy. They showed up; all but Darla.Maggie's black dress showed most of her. Nina, I hope you will agree to that.” Nina nodded, “Yes Mum.” “Emily?” “Yes Grandma.” Emily sniffed knowing her Grandma wasn’t going to be anywhere near as lenient as her Mum. “Good, that’s settled. Nina you'd better get ready for work. Emily, you are grounded. You will stay at home all day and be well behaved. I will be doing housework and cooking and will be very annoyed if you disturb me. Understood both of you? “Yes, Mum.” “Yes, Grandma.” Nina was actually happy enough as she still didn’t.