.. revealing.”Dave started strolling towards the path between two of the homes leading the pair to the core patio and pool. Gary and Nora were walki...g along, encouraged by a gesture from Dave to walk with him.Gary canted his head to the side indicating he was puzzled. “We moved here from New Hampshire, so if there’s some history to the area I guess we missed it. The real estate people didn’t say anything other than that you were a ‘special’ gated community with private homes and they told us. Stepmother seemed to be pouting, but finally appeared to give her a weak smile."I have discovered a willful streak in you, Cindy. It bothers me exceedingly." Willful?" Cindy pondered aloud. "Stepmother, I will do ANYTHING for you." Will you tell me what you and Betty talk about while you are together in her room?" Oh my," Cindy exclaimed aloud, looking troublingly down at her hands on her lap. "You ... you want me to ... to tell you what has been said to me in confidence? You want me to act as. Shaeta and Katia had held the calf's lead while I moved it's former mother and when I got back to them they were mostly just staring at it with amazed looks on their faces."Why don't you go over and introduce yourselves?" I asked."It won't understand what we say," Katia said."No, but if you let it see what you smell like it will know you, and if you pet it gently it will like you. You have to approach it slowly at first though, so it won't be frightened," I said."I just don't understand why it. ”“How do you mean, Reg?”“Does he go off to his business and leave the children to get themselves off to school? Presumably their mother dealt with that chore while she was there.”“I don’t know; I’ll have to ask her; and Reg, before you go any further, getting the kids away from home means finding them a safe place to hide from their father. Sound familiar?”“Ah, yes. You have that experience, as do I: I should have thought of that. Do we have enough space here for a refugee family?”Jessica bent.