Arlene and Ann washed pots and pans. When the older wives and Evie tried to help, Arlene ran them out of the kitchen, telling them to go supervise. On... guest dropped a plate of food, but it was cleaned up even as he tried to apologize. Laughing and joking with the guest, the twins escorted him to the food bar and helped him fill another plate.Today would begin maid service to the rooms that were used last night. Snowmobile rides started at nine, as well as skiing. The game room had been active. -She turned her phone off and put it on charge. She got her book and resumed reading it while she waited for Derrick to return. He was back in a matter of minutes. He left her alone to read until dinner arrived. As they ate Derrick made small talk. Gabby tried to pay attention, but really she didn’t hear much of the chatter coming from his mouth. She was silently counting the minutes till Monday rolled around. All she could think about was Jacob, being apart from him was torture. Just imagining. Why don't they get married?" I think it's..." Mr. Oldham halted in mid sentence and looked at me. I knew when I wasn't wanted and got up to leave, heading for the back door."Sam," I heard him call me."Yes sir," I went back so he wouldn't have to yell."Don't let her take advantage of you."I must have blushed three shades of red. "Yes sir," I said and saw Suzanne turn her head so I wouldn't see her smile. I did a quick count of the guests to make sure they were all accounted for as I resumed my. As Jessie quietly watched all this from the wings she became aware of the tremendous difficulty there would be in the selection and scoring process. Doing it all in complete fairness and impartiality would require a lot from the judges particularly when some of those judges would probably have some of their own friends and family members up there doing their stuff.Jessie knew that her own ‘judging skills’ were being completely compromised by her own absolute partiality towards those up there.