He turned to look at his dekar with an evident smile of satisfaction on his lips, and said:"So you went to the 'Cent."Pirru started to say something i... an apparent protest, probably a mild reprimand, but Lanris added behind a small cloud of pure uwe smoke:"Yeah, he went to the 'Cent. Probably ripped him off too. Like the last time when he asked ten coin for some real Iolathan wine that turned out to be vinegar. Not even winegar, mind you. Plain old vinegar from the pharmacium stores. He even. Perhaps it was time to make his life less lonely. Having a family would be a huge change but this might be an opportunity to not pass by.He contacted the country’s biggest newspaper in Zagreb and they’d be interested in talking with him since they had no correspondent in that area. Maria accompanied him on the bus to serve as interpreter if needed.The editor’s English was good and they struck a deal. That clinched it and he proposed to Maria on the return bus. She was so ecstatic she tried to. ”“Michael,” Jennie said. “Let’s not talk about this please? We need to make room for Tracy and Andrew, don’t we?”“It’s early enough, let’s go out, get some dinner and buy some baby stuff,” I said.Two hours later, we were home having eaten at Arby’s, and shopped at Walmart. I was out of my league walking through the ‘baby’ aisles of the store. We got a crib & blankets, child car-restraint, bassinette, changing table, a stroller plus a reversible baby carrier. Jennie suggested a baby bath and I. ”I did not know what to do. I did not have the money. I did not know where the money was. I had no bargaining power.I decided Sir would know what to do so I asked them to call him.“That is a great idea,” one said as he pulled out his phone. “Let’s see what he wants to do about this situation.”He put the phone on speaker. After four rings Sir picked up.“Hello,” Sir said in a whispered tone. You could hear lots of noise in the background so he was obviously somewhere doing something.