Mr. Michaelson begins, “Members of the board, this special meeting was called by board member Polly Nestor to discuss the performance of the company...��s CEO David Greene. Mr. Greene, would you like to make an opening remark to the board?”“Um, yes I would. Thanks to Elizabeth, this is a complete waste of the board’s time. But, let’s get on with this charade,” I say. I see Polly just fuming.“Mr. Greene, my name is Polly, not Elizabeth,” she fumes.“Oh, I don’t know about that Elizabeth, it says here. "I'd probably play my Liszt piece, then," Richard said."That would be awesome!" Sandra exclaimed. "How long is it?" It runs about seventeen minutes," Richard said."So does the Hindemith," Emily said."Well, perfect! I'll do a few songs, and that will be it. Who goes first?"For a few moments, they considered the options."How about you, Sandra," Emily said, "then me, and then Richard after intermission, and then the Serenade last." Good, that way I'd get a break between singing," Sandra agreed.. "I've missed my period."Steven restrained himself. "Are you sure it's not just delayed." Quite sure. I'm regular as clockwork and I'm a fortnight late."Steven picked her up and whirled her round. "Oh my clever darling!" he cried."You've been equally clever, Mr Hardacre."They both giggled.Steven ticked the months off on his fingers. "April," he said.Becca nodded."A birthday present for Garry," he teased."Grrr!"Steven laughed and whirled her round again.There were other not dissimilar. I better let you get back to work. I have a bunch of things I need to take care of too.”“Talk to you later.”I leave a message for Uncle Dick to phone me then I make a bunch of other phone calls. Many of them I don’t want to make, things like calling the funeral home to shore up plans. Other calls I was excited to make, things like ordering a lathe and milling machine for our new/temporary shop.I’ve finished the calls and start to dig into my work when the phone rings. It is Dick saying, “You.