I picked up the contract, glanced at the signature and passed it to her mother, watching for her reaction and I wasn’t disappointed. Her eyes rapidl... opened wide, she looked at me with her mouth wide open too stunned to say a word.So I took the contract and passed it to her father who had quite a similar reaction as I sat there with a smirk on my face.He eventually managed to squeak, “What does this mean? You can’t do this, I won’t allow it.”So I quietly explained to them that as she was over. . I won't go!" Lindi, stop being contrary! Enough! Do you hear me! Such tiresome,sissy nonsense--- 'Oh, poor little me, I'm so afraid!' My decision isfinal. Do you remember we agreed that I know what's best? Four years agowe signed the papers in Judge Sally's chambers that made me the adultcaretaker and you the child. Do you recall? We were all in agreementthen and nothing's changed since. It's very simple... Your health andwelfare are primary. I'm the grown-up and you're the toddler. Your. ?We are. You coming?? He said smiling at her. Baillie’s heart lifted again. ?Where are we going?? She’d already accepted the invitation.?Back to our place. I think these two want to do more than just look at each other.?Bailie chanced a look at her cousin. She was ready to boil. ?What about our truck???We can leave it here tonight and drop you off tomorrow morning. Sound good?? As he spoke he drew closer to Bailie. The two of them were sharing breath. It made Bailie light. I don’t want her to think I’m a pushover.”That comment caused the rest of the room to laugh.Grant pulled a large laminated chart of the area from a stack of tubes and spread it out on one of the work tables.“Mike, we need to slowly note all the changes to the coast we can, including depths. We know that the Inter-coastal Waterway is gone, but there may be new ones that we need to add to the detail.”“That makes sense, Mike responded. “With this as a beginning, we can have the only really valid.