”“I’m McKenzie Denton,” the dark-haired girl said from across the room.“I’ll be with you in a minute,” Susan said over her shoulder. Tur...ing back to the Brewers, she added, “You’ve already pre-registered, so we’ll just have to give you a little bit of tryout to see what level you need to begin at.”“Tryout?” Carly looked at her mother with alarm.“We understand,” Rhonda said. “She has a special skill set she must work on.”“I understand. Competition cheerleader; whew,” Susan shook her head with a. The 30-second commute was doing no harm to our timekeeping!At morning tea break, Sheila, Jen and Julie took Vee and Sian up to the top of the fire escape and pointed out the fields where we had gone the previous evening. There seemed to be a lot of giggling up there, and smiling faces when they got back to work.We certainly weren't pushed that day, and we put it down to the Show, with farmworkers who normally harvested the vegetables taking a days holiday from the fields.I managed a private. ”“Tom.”“Yes?”“Did you know Sonny roughed her up?”Tom was quiet and didn’t say anything.“Did you or did you not know?” Luca asked.“I had my suspicions. Sonny appeared to me to be that type of a guy. But this was the second time that I have had any dealing with her. Both times she always tried to stay up beat, cheery. I don’t think she wanted people to know the agony she was going through. She really wanted things to work. She didn’t want to be a failure. I do have most of the money for her, but. I think he’s spending a lot of time with Agnes.” I may have blushed a bit but didn’t try to hide a big smile.Agnes said, “He has to spend time with me. He’s my personal Viking.”Tracy asked, “Have you ever been someone’s Viking before, Eric?”“No. That’s just for Agnes, my beautiful lady.” All three girls were listening and gave a chorus of “Aw,” to that.We then finished our meals in peace. The two guys on the end next to Melody and Tracy seemed to be interested in them. They gave some interest.