I snapped off a good half dozen and selected some long strands of twiny grass from the edge of the water. I tied some around the end of the little bun...le I’d made, until I had a working handle. It wouldn’t last long. Just long enough. I knew how to do this; it was what my mother had done when I was seventeen and nearly set the house on fire by falling asleep with an illicit fag in my hand.I turned towards the two women in the pool. They were both watching me intently. Julia was smiling. We were. His scowling frown had returned and intensified.Time to fish or cut bait, as Daddy would say. "I'm having dinner with Clint Wilson, my father's new boss." Can you cancel? The cocktail party is important, Leah. You know how Givens is." I know, Paul, and I'm sorry, but..." Those flowers are not just a thank you, are they?" he said, his tone of voice a little belligerent.His antagonism irritated her. "How long have you known about the cocktail party?" she said, ignoring his question."That's not. Please switch it off now” – So I stop! Just to continue again as someone leans over to her whispering something into her ear! I can see her body twitch from here and can only imagine how wet she must be between her legs by now. I realize that she stays there with crossed legs as to prevent the egg from dropping out onto the floor in front of everybody.As we are asked to take our seats at the table I jump of joy realizing that the table is a big rectangular clear glass table. We take a seat. Ki Jung needs to trust someone and enlist their assistance in helping her through her next breakthrough in Body Cultivation. Thus, she now considers asking little brother - Min Joon. He has been treating her with respect and deference, and put his trust in her, too. So, perhaps he will be the one to trust to help her. With this in mind, she asks him if he could help her with an essential task in the near future. His ready agreement makes her smile. They don’t discuss the details during the walk.