“That was surprisingly easy, I thought,” Naomi said as we left the meeting with the Crook College committee. “They didn’t seem surprised at ou... proposal for a lease, or the cost that Geary was proposing. None of them had enough technical knowledge to ask those kinds of questions, but they certainly asked about the security and future growth. Your answers seemed to satisfy them,” she smiled.“How long do think it will be before we get an answer of go or no-go?” I wondered.She shrugged. “It’s a. 'Definitely anice boy,' she thought. 'Too bad more males weren't like him.'Melanie and Josie finally broke their embrace. "I'm so happy you acceptme, Auntie," said Josie. "I was so worried you would hate me." I could never hate you, honey!" replied Melanie, giving 'her' bottom agentle swat. "I was just very surprised is all." She turned to look atBobby. "I hope you know how to treat my niece, young man," she saidwith a stern tone.Bobby could tell she meant it. The look in her eyes said. ”Apparently my servants and fiancees have been involved in some kind of conspiracy against me. But, if I was being deliberately left alone with my three girls, that was incentive enough to make me go along.After my three non-harem servant waved goodbye and departed, I headed through the palace to our little courtyard, nodding at the guards as I went. They knew us for the Lord Paramount’s guests pretty well at this point, and so I was able to make it through, unmolested.When I returned to our. The party was already in high gear when they finally arrived at their destination. As Rick slowly drove past the house a second time to make sure they had the right address, it dawned on Jenny that they would be rubbing elbows with some very high-placed people if this address was any indication. The upper North Shore Tudor-style mansion was massive from the front, well set back from the street by at least 100 feet of well-tended greenery with flowering shrubs and bushes hugging the front wall,.