" What the fuck do you mean you were in no danger? They had guns Kenny, and the story said that you had a girlfriend. What about that?" Oh mom, one of...the guns was loaded with blanks, and the reporter was exaggerating about the girlfriend. Connie works at the lodge here with me, she is a friend, but not a girlfriend mom."Just then Mallory made her presence known by crying out for more food. When she was being fed you delayed in the feeding at the peril of your hearing. She required your total. I mean, trying to pick Beth up when the three of us were obviously doing something together. What a moron.”Then Liya changed the subject. “Rhee, you should have seen Beth that day. She was wearing ... I don’t know what to call them, but if they had had a few more inches of leg, they might have been shorts!”“Aarrggh! Can’t we forget about that?”“Oh, no, girl, we can’t,” responded Liya.Rhee queried, “How did she look in them?”“With those legs? She was fuckin’ sexy! If I were a boy – or a man – I. Gossip unbecomes us. In the meanwhile, let's just do our jobs."Both assistants had heard this speech from Mr. Mendelsohn a thousand times before. Resigning the tantalizing discussion till lunchtime, they reluctantly returned to their work stations. Fifty minutes later, Mr. Fielding sent for Mr. Mendelsohn. The old man seemed anxious and pale. Motioning for Mr. Mendelsohn to sit down, he nervously cleared his throat and rubbed his glasses with a handkerchief. Mr. Mendelsohn calmly sat and. I'd like to have Marty give me away." That's fine with me. We'll have to get the rings and make the announcement." I want to let Marty and Sara know first. We'll go over to visit them after my National Security briefing this morning and then we'll stop at a jewelry store on the way back." Sounds good to me." Speaking of my briefing, I've got to get going." I'll wheel you over to the Oval Office." O.K., dear. I'll clear my schedule from 10:30 til 1:30 so we can go over to the hospital and tell.