Not a big surprise the way my morning was going already.As I pulled into the gas station, my attention was drawn to a nice ass leaning over a car clea...ing her windshield. I enjoyed the view as I filled my truck up. I was so engrossed in watching her it took me a moment to realize she was staring right at me. I gave a quick wink and nod at her, knowing I was busted. She blushed, gave me a giggle and a little grin back as she finished pumping her gas and got in her car. I noticed another girl. That’s another thing, he thought. Even a few years ago, I loved a good meal and took pride in the food served at Prendwick. But no longer. Now I would as soon have a bowl of oatmeal.He had received a phone call from Douglas the night before announcing that he would be coming to Prendwick today and would be bringing guests. The Duke reflected that something must be up, because Douglas seldom called him anymore. Because of his poor hearing, the Duke realized, there had been far too many. Like being able to wake up five minutes before you were due to be at work. 'It wasn't even supposed to be my shift', he thought, staring at the first order of the day written on a small scrap of paper. The feeling that something was wrong was magnified by the unusual order, from that girl in the corner. Why would one person order two lattes? It didn't seem right to him and he caught himself checking if he definitely read it right on the check. He poured the order into two glasses, arranging. “ ... that would take only a few minutes to teach a friend. Would you expect to be thanked?”“Uhh. Though I’m not sure that taking over the world is simple, I understand. I’ll remember that. Why did you use that example?”“I’m guessing that you’ve never watched ‘Pinky and the Brain.’”“Umm ... no.”“You need to look into that. Actually, we can probably show you this afternoon.”During this banter, I had texted Dad with a minor request. As Civia began undressing, I headed to the shower to get the.