I'm going to give you the primary custody of her. I would like to be able to spend time with her every week until we leave and then fly back to visit ...er here every few months. We can work out the details."John's head snapped up to stare at Amy as she spoke. A look of incredulity was on his face and when he spoke his amazement was obvious. "You are giving me custody of Amanda? Why would you give up custody of your daughter so easily? What is going on here?" I love Amanda with all my heart and. I told him I knew a man that might be able to help. You," she said, tapping me on the chest with her folded fan and smiling."Women? I don't know anything about women," I told her."Obviously," she said, "but get over there and do what you can for him. He's alone with seven or eight women, and it's driving him mad."Since I owed the good lady for many favors, and since I was curious, I went. Her nephew turned out to be a man of middle years and more-than-adequate means. He had an ornate and. With Doc’s help, I got Morgan and Adolfo to assist me on the project. They got class credit and a stipend for their work and would be recognized at the dedication and in my book. We were using traditional techniques and they did all the plaster work, preparing my cartoons, and transferring them to the wet plaster before I got to paint. We spent three days before Thanksgiving doing the arriccio layer on the first few panels. We’d worked together in Doc’s class over the summer, but this involved. We both dressed joining Glenda on the patio. We were a little late getting out there. Mickey had some cereal and toast before taking off for roll call.Mercy had been smart enough to get a bunch of the newborn pictures of Stevie. Walgreen's photo department helped with a few more. Everyone who was there received a picture of homely little Steve Jr. I told myself that I would apologize to the kid that it was not I that named him. That Jr. thing is tough to be hung with.While I had been at.