”“Just a little, Shari, I hate drinking alone; you’ll think that I’m an alcoholic. Besides if you get drunk I’ll call a cab for you. Hehe.�...Christy didn’t wait and poured mom another drink. I know that when my mom drinks to the point of getting a little tipsy, she gets a little silly and says things that she would never say when she completely sober.Mom sipped on her second drink and the first one was already taking its toll. “You know, Christy, I think that I’m going to enjoy a little privacy. The man walked around the desk and while we were shaking hands he said, “Good to meet you both. Just call me Hank and as far as taking Mr. Horton’s place, that will not happen. He’s like my Dad, you don’t replace them, and you just do the best you can to follow in their footsteps.”The four of us talked for about, mostly about work. Then Hank finally got to what was really on his mind. “Mr. Horton tells me you may know of a house for rent.” Kathy smiled at me and said, “Yes, will have one in. It took ten minutes to place Angie’s mom onto the gurney and into the helicopter properly. Amongst other things, Benny is a trained field Medic, Combat Medic. I gave Benny instructions and handed Angie the necessary documents. Angie’s sister Crystal went with them in the chopper. I watch the chopper leave. Who the hell would do such a thing I ask myself, sticking a toy transformer inside a woman. I am going to check up on Debra when I get back to the city. Turning I see. Ellana too, since she’d been more or less apprenticing herself to Ninnith for so many years.But Annie being Annie, she had other more prurient interests as well, and she hadn’t paid us too many visits before she was openly flirting with several of the males of both clans and coaxing them away from the crowd to play house in some dark corner of the cave whenever she could manage it. Lothos in particular seemed to be taken with her and sought out any opportunity to spirit her off alone.