"Where's the fire?"Robert really hated it when people called him Bobby, much preferring the more adult Robert. After all, he was only two weeks from h...s eighteenth birthday and six weeks from going way to college. Still, Mr. Collins had known him since he was in diapers, so certain allowances had to be made."Sorry, Mr. Collins," Robert said as he came to a stop at the countertop. "I'm running a little late." Still no reason to rush around like that," Mr. Collins admonished, "Damn fool thing to. I had just enough time to give her a quick kiss before clambering into the back of the Jeep for the five-hour drive to the rented cottage.THE MEN“Andrea is very smitten with you, Mark,” her father said from the driver’s seat as we set off. “And I’m glad she’s found someone we can all get on with.” “Yes,” Richard joined in, “her soon-to-be-ex was strange and behaved very oddly towards her and Sally for some reason.”I didn’t know a lot about those relationships but I was intrigued about this. My mind was only half-focused on retrieving my carry-on bag while the other half was contemplating what it would be like to see her again after these months. I’ll admit I was a little nervous. It felt like a first impression all over again and even a year later I was still amazed that our relationship had turned out the way it did. Could I repeat that same kind of success again? I guess I’d just have to wait and see. I stepped onto the jet way and walked towards the arrivals area where I knew. Nellie, if you want to go home and get another blouse after you've rinsed the ink out, you may. Frank, come up here and bend over the desk." Nellie had heard enough to figure out that Frank Granger had dipped her pigtail in his inkwell.She bent over and held her pigtail in the stream of water that Mary pumped. When the water seemed to be running clear, Mary helped unbraid her pigtail and pumped more water to wash it more thoroughly. Nellie pumped for a minute while Mary rinsed her hands off,.