"I laughed nervously and hugged her. "I think you might be right. Though we would best let them work this out without their children hearing. Let's gr...b them and take them to the pool. It should be quieter there." Melanie's parents had money and that allowed them to have an indoor pool. We took Byron's children to the pool and we started playing with them out of earshot of the argument.The pool room was attached to the back of house. There was a bathroom off the pool room but Paul had said to. Her eyes were closed.I stepped in to the room and sat down on the edge of the tub, looking down at my wife. Jen's eyes opened and she looked up at me. "What are you doing here?" I asked.She smiled at me. "Mister Gabe said that I could ... should, spend this night with you." She smiled, but there was a tenseness to the smile.I cocked my head to the side, rose and left the room. I poured her a drink, and returned, handing it to her. Before I could speak she sat up in the tub, her beautiful. ”“Run that by Jamie and your employment expert. Some claims can’t be waived.”“You’re full of good news, Squirt.”I drained the last of the tea in my mug and stood up. We exchanged a hug and I headed back to the NIKA offices. I let Elyse know things were moving forward, but didn’t share any additional information, which I preferred to come in Stephanie’s official analysis, which I’d have by the end of the week.Stephanie called me just after lunch to let me know Bo would have a valuation done by. "Just do what I do," she said as she grabbed a clothespin off the bed.I watched as Red pinched a layer of skin with her fingers of one hand, then clamped a clothespin on the area she had just pinched. I looked at Maple to see the reaction and all she did was smile. Okay, this was going to be fun.I pinched a layer of skin and applied a clothespin just as I saw Red do but Maple cried out in pain instead of smiling.Red giggled as she reached over and removed the clothespin as she said, "Not like.