And I’m assuming that once we get this squared away, no one will interrupt me while I’m skiing at Whistler next week. You have to go back to schoo... next week, but I don’t start until the 16th. And I will still expect you in my class that day.”“Of course, sir,” I said.“Now, about your proposed project. You’ll need to do some estimates, including surface prep, paint, man-hours, equipment, and your reasonable work schedule, including weather adjustments,” Doc said.“That’s just it,” I said. “I have. Because of that, Jack, one of my friends, invited me to his apartment to sleep there. It was a walk of about 10 minutes but we needed much more time. Being a nice guy I could sleep in his bed while he slept on the couch in the living room.When I woke up at 9 am I needed a long hot shower. Because I needed a towel I searched his wardrobes. There were no towels but lots of clothes. Not only male clothes but also a lot of woman clothes. That was a bit irritating because Jack never had a. It seems they already had a waiting list of students for me. The academy requires each student to study at least two instruments, one of them being piano because it's pretty hard to really get a good feel for musical theory without some time on a keyboard. There were a surprising number of students whose primary or secondary instrument was the cello.I spent the next two hours processing into the school system and meeting some of the other instructors. Hae-Won was still busy with her students.. I rolled to my knees facing a gun.“Hello, Simon,” Ray growled. “Going somewhere?” At that moment, Angel looked back and screamed. I thought Ray was going to shoot her. “Both of you! Get down below and shut up.”“There’s no need to be so nasty, Ray,” I said. “It’s good to see you, too.”“Right,” he said. “I’ll take the boat from here. Just get below and don’t either of you stick your head out before I tell you. There’s no reason for a lot of people to get hurt.”Pretty gruff if you ask me. The Ray.