It was a masterful acting job on the part of the thirteen-year-old girl. She had known about the schoolteacher and her sister and her Stepmom and once...she was told that they also were pregnant, she had willingly become a participant in the bizarre plan. For the ingenuous teen it was a game where she could play being grown up.Mr. Best would remain part of the household. Lucinda would raise Leena's child as her own. And Mr. Best, although married to Priscilla, would make love to both of them. His. Michael redirected his glower to Carol Ann's bedroom door."Downstairs," he said tightly. "Probably in my coat pocket." Well, that's a great place for it," she said disdainfully. Michael had a hard time not muttering to himself. Carol Ann had it right. She really did. Monica was a bitch."What's up, sweetheart?" he said.While he talked, Carol Ann took the opportunity to visit the bathroom. She really needed to pee. She wondered if maybe she should hold off, though. She paused midway in lowering. . . we got some work done, but the girls wanted to go swimming at the Grove . . . umm, not sure how late we’ll be . . . yes, I’ll try not to make too much noise . . . no, I haven’t. I’d like to talk to him in the morning, if he’s not too busy . . . yeah, I know he has to work tomorrow. I can find my way down to the Patrol office, ya know . . . let me talk to Dad first, then I’ll fill you in . . . okay, Mom . . . love you too . . . night.”“Everything okay, Baby?” Marsha asked. “Your parents seem. ”“Please do,” Dan said.Walking out to our plane I grabbed Dan’s hand and skipped alongside him, at least for a little way.“You’re still nuts, you know...”“I still love you, you know,” I said.We did an abbreviated preflight of the plane, then I let him take the left seat. When I told him to do that, he raised an eyebrow. “Why now?”I giggled as I walked to the other side of the plane. “I don’t have anything to prove now. I shall rest on my laurels.”I figured that Wally would be there when we got.