Without control of the House of Commons, and with the newly reinforced Ulster Unionists and Scottish Nationalists both on the war path, it didn't look...as if the new Government was going to last very long.The pace of work in the Chemistry Department didn't let up one little bit, and Malcolm and I were kept far too busy to worry about trivialities like the government of our country.Grandad's funeral was on Wednesday 13th; Jen and I went home on the Tuesday afternoon and stayed the night with Mum. Almost immediately, five college girls came in, each wearing bikinis, each one deserving of any male's attention.They stood there, all looking beautiful as the introduced themselves."This is Ross and he's letting us use his pool, girls. I'm Susan, he already knows that, this is Lisa, that's April, she's Megan and, last and really least, is Yolanda."I told them it was nice to meet them and the smallest of the five, Yolanda, who was either Latina or well-tanned, asked right off, "Do you mind if. You gave her a good life and home judging from your address and the fact that your daughter is in college. From looking at your financials, I can see that you've been a good provider. And lastly, you're not a very good actor, Mr. Conrad. You're trying to act as if this is all well and fine, but I can see that this has devastated you and you're just trying to keep moving. Shit, you're too shocked to even be angry yet. And the hurt hasn't even set in yet." The things that scare me the most are. Alex was looking between us in confusion, “Jack how much did you pay for the guns, I thought you had to rent them.”“They are $495 each Alex. Don’t worry about that though, I made that much money in a bonus on Thursday morning, so just enjoy the better guns alright.”Alex looked at me aghast, but I just shoved a gun into his hands, which he looked at in amazement. Then a grin spread across his face, “with these we are going to win all the games so easily.” he commented.He was right, the next.