Hanuman give you to me?" "Because... I asked him to." What? I thought to myself! She asked to be given to me? I was floored. "What do you mean?” I s...id stunned. At that point, Lawan knelt down between my legs and told me her story: "My father used to own a rather large farm in the country. One year when I was very little, a typhoon came and washed our farm away. We were ruined. My father asked Mr. Hanuman, your client, for money to rebuild the farm and he loaned my father the money. But the. The bartender was swamped, and I waited patiently for whatever my next drink was going to be. The man in the traditional Hawaii dress came over carrying a large fruity drink. “Did you order the blackberry vodka sangria?” I nodded. “I guess so. The bartender is just supplying me with fruity drinks for the evening.” He shrugged. “It’s nice to have a theme for the night.” He sat down without being asked. “Long day, and I’d rather not be at the bar with all of the party crowd. Otherwise, I’ll be. As soon as you're done, you can take it off and goupstairs to change."The two children stood quietly in the middle of the kitchen while Bethopened the pantry. There were two sets of hooks on the back of the door,flanking the racks that held boxes of gelatins, and pudding and soup mixes.One side held the utilitarian aprons, full bibbed, strong, solid coloredmaterials. The others held their hostess aprons, two sets. One set wasbibless, just enough to cover a flared skirt in case of an. He now knew what the meeting was about. “I’ll ensure the men don’t do anything until you’re ready sir.”Quinnell paused in surprise, then nodded slowly. “Thank you. And you’re right, we will do something.” He paused and shook his head slowly, “though what or how soon I don’t yet know.”“Yes sir. I look forward to it.”“As do I.”Salutes were exchanged and Quinnell went back to his office to inform all the remaining officers, while Cooper went searching for the other senior NCOs on the base. An hour.