He was strictly business side, knowing very little about the more secretive side of the firm's operations. He was not completely ignorant, but he was ...eliberately kept out of the loop. In his capacity as Mr. William's deputy, Williams being Poseidon's public persona, Paron was tasked with making sure that Kat had the data she needed to familiarize herself with CCD operations. Kat would be using one or another of the CCD divisions for her various covers during her tenure here.Paron seemed to. Took over two months to heal up enough to where I could even set a saddle again.”“You mean they cut the skin off your pecker with a knife? At your age wonder it didn’t kill you,” The girl said.“It nearly did, least ways it felt like I was gonna die, sure killed my ‘want to’ any way.”“You don’t look no worse for their trouble, I reckon that beard covers some of the scars on your face does it?” The girl asked.“Yep.”“Well, just so’s you don’t get any ideas about my girl ‘n me, let me tell you now.. Now, I'm questioning that decision. We would be on time if I had stayedwith her."PATRICIA!" I"LL BE DOWN IN FIVE MINUTES!"Well, at least she answered this time.She has been very busy the last two days, reworking her schooluniforms. She made at least four trips to the fabric store forsupplies. Again, she won't let me see what she's doing, says that shewants it to be a surprise and that I should trust her, that she's theexpert here and that's why we hired her. I tried to argue but she wasadamant.. And no only my own."Er, no...not another picture." So what is then? Boy, you and Bob been really acting weird!" I chaffed his odd sudden blush, another sign of acting peculiar ever since the parade a month ago, just like our once buddies-in-kilts camaraderie now subtly changed. We were still pals, but there was now some reserve in their regard of me, and sometimes I caught them staring at me with perplexed faces as though wondering a wild nameless wistfulness that somehow felt."See..." Kevin.