"I'm afraid so," I admitted."In fact, Mr. Marsh," he continued, "other than the clothes and suitcases in your room upstairs, the five-year-old car par...ed in our garage, and whatever you might have in your pockets, you have no assets at all." I said nothing. "Isn't that true?" he prodded."Yes." So that means you have essentially swindled San Felice out of..." he paused and looked at a slip of paper he took from his pocket, "...four-hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars." He frowned. "That's. I preferred a flat site.I went off and started to collect timber for a fire and returned to find all the women, skinny dipping in the stream on a bend where it formed a pool large enough for 10 – 12 people at least. “Come on in – the water’s lovely” was the cry from the women, “He’s shy. Bet he doesn’t” I was not going to be taunted by their cries so I stripped off, stood on the edge of the stream. Showing all. If they wanted to see what I had then, they could have a good look. Once sitting in. Too many people been skating too long. It will not affect me, I never use a company credit card. But a lot of people do and they have never been held accountable. Including your new best friend Nora Davis.”, Robin laughed. “I’ll deal with Nora Davis.”, I answered. “Just be careful Tim, she can be vicious. She will lie, cheat or steal to get her way.”, Robin warned. “Thanks for the advice.”, I replied, smiling. “Tim, I know we started out a bit rocky and I’m so sorry for that. I never meant any. And next monthI would be recovering from the breast surgery.I hit the final number and she picked up on the third ring. I'd forgottenthat my voice would be an issue. I couldn't find my 'Michael' voice. Itwas to late, she had picked up."How are you Michael?" she asked simply. The caller ID made my identityclear.I started quite directly. "Mom I have some serious news. I've been goingthrough an interesting period for the past seventeen days." My voicesounded so beautiful that I grew more confident.