I suggested we take it home, to save driving as much, Pauline looked a bit strange at me, but said ok, we can do that, so packing up some food we took...of, wth Jerry in the back seat. When we got to her house, Pauline asked why I said to bring him with us, I told her it would be a lot easier to feed him here, than to drive every day especially if we were playing, and let it be at that, but I did have some thing in mind too.It didn't take long as soon as Pauline and myself had cleaned up, we. “Well, Piero, I have to say you and your people did excellent work here. How did you do on the budgeting end of it?”I saw his smile get bigger as he answered. “We didn’t have to touch the hundred thousand extra you had as an emergency fund, and actually came in twenty-five grand under due to the volume of materials we were ordering. Most of the suppliers gave me a discount on the bulk orders and we saved a bit going with the in-line water heaters instead of tanks. It also has the advantage of. I thought this sounded like something that needed checking into. I told him that we were having a practice session that afternoon and he was welcome to come to my house to make his presentation and discuss his offer with the girls and their parents. After that call I had Kim call all the girls and have them bring their parents to my house for the practice session at one o'clock. Showing her industrious spirit she immediately got on the phone and was lucky enough to get through to the whole. “Is this going to be an issue between the two of you?” I asked.“No,” Elizaveta said. “It’s just as traditional and proper as she is...”“You wonder why she behaved the way she did? The only way to know is to ask her.”“But that’s a totally private thing! You even said so!”“Yes, I did. But perhaps, in this case, it’s necessary.”“I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable asking her about such a private thing! And why would she talk to me about it?”“Because she loves me and wants us to be happy!”“And you.