James Dooley at the table too. I didn't know the rest of the people at the table, but assumed they were corporate people.Charles said, "Welcome everyo...e. I have two guests today that I want to introduce and I see two new faces; well, one new face and an old friend. I assume Sam will introduce them to us. Now the young lady to Paul's right is Christie Nichols, she is our new site manager in San Diego, which is quickly becoming one of our most productive lease sites for programming. I believe Bob. Dad would kill me if I didn’t use gloves. I should probably get this out of the light and seal it up while I finish digging here.” “Lord knows what else you’re going to find after that,” Brenda said, then shook her head and chuckled. “Won’t know until I move some more dirt.” “Can we take some pictures?” Melissa asked. He shrugged. “Sure.” The brunette pointed back toward the house. “Go get the camera. The phones don’t take good enough pictures.” Melissa nodded and stood. Skyler closed the box. I think it’s kind of weird, honestly--and even pedophilic--but just a little. Plus, I don’t like it when I’m in a room with someone and they aren’t paying attention to me. Karajan is the only one in the whole world who doesn’t pay attention to me. It makes me confused, and sad.But I know how to get his attention.“Daddy?”Karajan is picking me up now with both arms, and I wrap my long slender arms around his neck. I'm sad--Karajan isn't even angry; When he's angry I know he loves me, and. It reminded him of another visit to this same office – confronting his mother and her lawyers.The memory still saddened him.He hadn’t heard from or about his parents since that visit. There’d just been the crossed-out letter and Parker’s assurance that his father definitely stopped paying for his tuition.Doing chores had been awkward at first.He started as help in the kitchen, finding mysterious tools he’d never seen before, let alone used. Everyone was friendly, though, and very patient..