Do you have your pass number and name?" She glided down the hall to a small office gesturing for Shelly to have a seat in the chair in front of the de...k.Shelly exhaled not realizing that she had been holding her breath, "Yes 553827 and name Shelly." Looking around the room it looked like a typical office in a home nothing remarkable, like it was set up to be as non intimidating but efficient at the same time. Shelly strained to hear but the house was quiet except the sounds of a TV droning in. A few hours passed and everything was nearly ready Molly and I had helped Stacey prepare all the side dishes and the stuffing that would be used to fill up our intestines just before the spitting, the barbeque sauce was a home made recipe Stacey had come up with on her own a delicious mix of herbs, honey and mesquite hickory flavoring that I couldnt wait to get a taste of from Mollys meat, This will be delicious I said and Molly agreed. Around 9AM the guest started to arrive and make them. Jay and Dan had become good friends over the years, becoming closer and closer as they shared so many common interests, even though, Jay was about fifteen years younger. Interested in the world, politics, science, philosophy, history, and of course sports. Jay was uncommonly caring, capable of learning about anything. Capable, and always willing to hear a friend’s concerns and speak intelligently about any subject. They were as close as brothers. They had all three spent quite a few dinners. 000 Pound Sterling had to be raised, but the new directors of P&O expected healthy returns. China was the new Holy Grail for British merchants and a regular steam ship service was planned between Calcutta and Hong Kong.Silk, china ware, spices and tea were the main goods and they produced exorbitant earnings. Sir Robert Norton himself, in spite of his advanced age, began to shift his business interests to the Far East.Now that Ellen would be up and running again, she would have to help Richard.