Jake got a reciprocal tour of our house and reluctantly agreed that my room was 'alright'. He was taken in by the fact we had a pool and pestered his ...other into finding his swim wear so we could try it out. He tried to play down the fact that I was much better at swimming than him, and later complained bitterly that the only football I had was a soccer ball."At least you don't have a piss-pants sister!" was his parting shot when he had summarized pros and cons of the neighborship.No, I didn't. I would go for a walk; this bodyneeded some exercise.At least the weather was on my side. It was pleasantly warm, withoutbeing hot - though I was certainly glowing by the time I?d gone morethan 10 minutes from the store. To make myself stand out a little lessI unpinned my little cap and dropped it in a bin so I looked more likea nurse from any of the care homes dotting the area out for a legstretch. I passed the time thinking of murderous things to do toMelissa, promising myself that I would. The Wodenite men were waving their arms around excitedly and pointing at various bits of detail and Thomas was like a dog with two tails."I think it's safe to say that Thomas isn't having any trouble getting his ideas across and by the looks of things your people are already excited by the designs," agreed Ben.Just then one of the engineers broke away from the table and approached them. His face was lit up and when he spoke, his words rattled out at a hundred miles an hour."Calm down and speak. We have twenty-four hours until we fly out." I would be happy to join in. Do you want to invite Missy?"Missy said, "No, you kids go. I want to finish a book I started."I shrugged and was already dressed so we left. We got a cab and our first stop was an Irish pub. Everyone seemed to know Angus and he ordered some shots. I was handed one and after a toast to his mother, we knocked them back. We had two more toasts and two more shots. The business was light. I think it was more of an after-work.