You’re hurting me.”I kissed her again.She said again, “Let go!”I let go, “You’re such a squirrel.”Brushing aside an errant strand of amb...r she got the plate back in her hands and used it to push me aside, “Don’t be so queer. Get the garlic bread and bring it in,” like a hummingbird she whisked by me to the dining room.Just as I reached the oven the cattle came trundling in. Jamie was first; fourteen, intellectually way ahead of his age, a natural leader, built like a horse. Second came ten year. Stephanie was drinking coffee at the counter, and looked up smiling as she slid onto a stool. "Sleep well, darling?" "Super. What a nice house, Steph. Your husband must have been loaded." "He owns the hydraulics factory, dear. I'm going to get half of it in the settlement." "Gee, Dad works there. He's the foreman in the machine shop." "You mean that handsome burly guy with the big shoulders?" "Yeah, and his shoulders aren't the only thing that's big" Matty giggled.Just then, Justin came down. ”‘Tom,” he said, extending his hand to shake hers. “Well, I’d best get over there. Have a good night.” He collected up his drinks and returned to his date.Phoebe couldn’t help but look over to Tom's table a few times. Perhaps it was wishful thinking, but both he and his date looked bored. Twenty minutes later, he was back at the bar.“Maybe this will help the conversation,” he jokingly said to Phoebe, as he ordered another round. “It’s a bit awkward over there at the moment.”“That’s a shame,”. "Don't tell Percy," I pleaded semi-humorously, finishing the adjustment with a careful zip."We've both seen it," said Georgina without embarrassment, "in full glory. You're needed downstairs." The Russians are coming," I said jokingly, a bad joke reference to a popular comedy, unfortunately nearly fifty years old which Georgina didn't know anything about by her reaction."One Russian is here," said Georgina. "With goons wearing shades and a really big, really ugly man. She's a pretty as Sonja,.