Done in grays and browns, it featured a single, dead tree on a forested hill over a lake. Almost as an afterthought, there was an owl in the tree. The...e was something odd about the owl's eyes. It was almost as if they had just opened, and yet they could see right into your soul. Somehow, that one tiny feature was the true focus of the whole painting. It was almost unnerving.Of greater concern was the fact that I knew two solid but conflicting facts about the painting. First, it had been on the. ”Mort looks at both for a moment before he says, “Right. Help me put this lot away and we’ll get set up to do the cleaning after we have lunch.”After lunch Frank is sent off to get his gear while Mort and Eric work on cleaning the smaller furniture items from the basement. Jenny dries and polishes them then they’re put in the lounge room.Frank is soon back with his tools and he’s setting up to work on the shutters to carve the pattern Mort wants in them. The finished effect is to look like a. "Orders received and acknowledged, Ma'am." I sketched a brief salute,then gave her my best, winning smile. Funny, I hadn't felt likesmiling that way in a long time."Be a good boy, and I'll come see you tomorrow to check on yourprogress with this change of attitude."With that she turned, walked out the door, and quietly closed it behindher. Man, can that lady deliver an ass kicking. In this case, it waswell deserved and badly needed. * * * *I actually. I almost hit the panic button. Then I remembered I could change their minds for them and make them like where they were. They were making a good income from the café and I definitely didn’t want them leaving town with the girls. After I got them straightened out about not moving I also took the liberty of adjusting their minds about seeing me around the girls. I arranged so that if they saw me walk up and put my arm around one of the girls or fondle her ass or tits they would think nothing.