I’d like to prepare the food alone today. Is that okay?”“As you wish Buttercup.” I said to my wife.She turned around again and looked at me as...she asked, “Buttercup? What’s that supposed to mean?”“It’s from the movie The Princess Bride.” I told her. She looked confused. “Oh my God don’t tell me you’ve never seen The Princess Bride.”“I can’t say that I have seen it.” as she said that she was starting to look away from me then back to me, like she was nervous about making eye contact.“We’ll have. It wasreally kind of spooky. So, where her mom was concerned, Carol lived by therule that 'honesty is the best policy'. She didn't have a choice.But I had an ace in the hole Carol didn't know about. Carol's mom had beenmy mother's roommate in college. She knew about Dad's experiment and hadnever said a word. I was hoping for the same level of discretion."Ok. Tell your mom if you have to but, for God's sake, don't tell anyoneelse." I swear I won't tell another soul," Carol said.I got serious.. A mother.”“Fuck I do that for?”I didn’t answer. Our Harold knew exactly what he’d do that for. Thanks, Daddy.“Leeny Pa-who?”He was stalling. Good, that meant he knew something.Patience. “Lina Paloma.”Harold scratched his balls, thinking. “I’m not saying. But I mighta run across her. Spick, right?”“That’s right, Harold.”He tried crafty, “Reward, right?” He knew about the Sister Mary Packer money. Maybe lightening would strike twice.“Wrong. Well, let me rephrase that. Your reward will come in. I had a column for the number of TESTS, a Yes or No column for a FINAL EXAM, # of WEEKS I figured each class would take, planned START and END dates and the TEACHER for each class. As I progressed, I could use colors to show what was done and what was left to do. The plan was to be able to look at the spreadsheet and tell exactly how my progress was going at a glance. I decided a DONE column would be a good addition, mostly for my morale as the Xs started to show up.I figured I could do a.