However, Lexy mostly just sat and cried.In the outer office, Lexy was slowly beginning to compose herself. She contemplated the horror of cops walking...in the office. Occasionally she looked nervously towards the parking lot in fear she might see a cop car pull up. She needed a way to make this stop. Bill watched as she shyly approached his door. He then watched her as she knocked.The seasoned Internal Auditor tried to wipe the smile off his face as he walked toward the door.?Yes? he said as he. " Oh, Jack. Hang on a minute... Jillian, there's an obscene phone call for you." This last part was shouted, the phone held away from his mouth.About 20 seconds later Jill came on the phone."Hello?" Jill?" Jack?" Yeah." Why did you call me?" I wanted to come over and see you. There's something I want to talk to you about." I'm afraid you can't come over, Jack."My worst fears were coming true. I steeled myself."Why?" We're in Santa Barbara. My aunt died yesterday." Oh, Jill, I'm sorry." We were. ‘You can just pick up one of the dead branches from the green over there,’ Jack said. ‘We tried that already,’ the first kid said and pointed at a couple of dry branches not far from the court. ‘The branches aren’t long enough to reach!’ ‘Not on their own,’ Jack said. ‘Maybe we could tape them together,’ one of the kids said. The kids looked between themselves as they thought about whose garage they could find tape in. ‘I have a different idea,’ Jack said. ‘If the five of you stand in a circle. Depending on how he worked out I left the door open for more hours and more work. I don’t think the business got ripped off the first months. A couple of the farmers gave me the impression they were looking for ways to rip me off, and Ken warned me about their reputation for being ‘shady. The books showed I stayed in balance. I ate in the café twice a week. I bought things at the grocery and learned to cook some things. My cooking never compared to Diane’s. I got to know most of the people in.