"Absolutely not," I said, kissing her on the forehead again. "There's no scaredycats in this house."She pouted, sticking out her lower lip, which I pi...ched between my thumb and forefinger, which only made her pout more."Goodnight, sweetheart," I said."Goodnight," she grumbled, turning onto her right side away from me. I sighed, wondering if letting Max stay in the room with her wasn't such a bad idea after all. In retrospect, I wish I had let him.By ten-thirty I was intensely irritated. Twice. We enjoyed seeing the country even more because we didn’t have to stop at every traffic light between Florida and California. Disneyland was immaculate. Having been to both Disneyland and Disney World multiple times over five decades, the pristine nature of Disneyland in nineteen fifty-five was far and above any other visit, to any other park, anywhere. Tara and I indulged Edwina and Cary as they rushed through the crowds to get photos taken with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. We bought them all. I have trained a couple that have gone far over the years. One is a lieutenant now and the other a chief of detectives. I would rather have an integrated department because it will make us receive federal grants quicker. Let's get back to these folders."I finished going through marking the ones I was going to fire with the word terminate and handed them back to Shorty."Call these in starting tomorrow afternoon and we will let them go one at a time. I have to think about filling positions and I. Rose.They never had a son named Richard, and their youngest child wasactually a girl."So what you are suggesting" I said "is that Richard was actually Rose,and that the s?ance had actually worked and that Rich... er... Rose wastrying to tell us that?" She said that was exactly what she wasthinking. She then said that since I was a direct descendant (more orless), that is why she channeled through me.I said I was confused. If Richard was a girl in life, wouldn't he... um...she be a girl after.