“Well Stuart, my grandparents died in the last year and I was their only grandson, so my share of the estate was ... plenty, at least plenty as far ...s I’m concerned,” Rich explained.“So, you’re thinking to buy a home outright, and not have to deal with payments and all of that?”“Exactly!” they said together.“Wonderful, so next would be; do you prefer a big front yard, back yard or both?” I asked.“Both,” “Front,” they each said. I suppressed a chuckle.“I’ll put in both, and we find out in a. Please come and tell me about that work. It fascinates me." She led Stacy deeper into the lounge, as off to the side a TV camera noted the unusual event.Stacy was a hit with everyone. She soon relaxed enough to feel comfortable responding spontaneously to questions, and even asking many of her own that she'd stored up about each person. As they talked, cocktail time turned into the dinner hour, and Neil outdid himself with a beef bourguignon dish with his homemade pasta. He even made some. Maybe that was her problem. Perhaps…a few sessions with the strap in high school would have kept Amy and Courtney at home, and prevented the entire road trip disaster. Robert was well aware that punishing her now would be a huge gamble and the experience easily could go very wrong. However, it seemed that Amy did truly want to be punished, if for no other reason to find an excuse to change her behavior. He pushed his doubts aside and spoke to her in the most authoritative voice he could muster:. He turned back to his partnerwho I could see in the side mirror leaning up against the side of thecop car. "Wooooheeee," he called back to him. "We got ourselves alooker here."He looked over the license and registration and without another wordhanded them back to Larry. "Mr. Gilmore, we already run your plates, sowe know you got yerself a clean record and all. Let's try to keep itthat way, huh?"Larry hunched forward, letting out a long sigh with relief. "Now," theofficer continued, "Ma'am or.