. get this over with.”When we entered into the inn, the innkeeper, a scrawny, stick-like man with an eyepatch, laughed to see her. “Three hours la...e, and then you show up looking and smelling like you’ve rolled around in a slaughterhouse? You’re done, princess. I replaced you already, two hours by.”The innkeeper pointed over his shoulder with a thumb, to the centre of the busy inn. There, four girls in multicoloured outfits with short, frilly skirts and bare bellies danced in whirling, teasing. Get Shawna to head up a shop like that and I'll get you plenty of work." Something to think about, that's for sure," I said thinking these guys were all pushing me even faster than I pushed myself."Oh yeah, let's go out the back, I want to show Abe what I bought yesterday."We walked through the shop. I pushed the button for the big overhead door to lift before leading everyone to the forklifts. Abe had big eyes while looking at them."My thinking is that we would keep the big one to lift the big. "MOM!" cried Molly. "It's only eight! It's not even DARK outside!" Well we have a lot to do tomorrow. Early to bed... early to rise." she insisted, darting a look at Rudy.Cathy was grinning from ear to ear. "Well, at least all us old fogies need to get some shuteye. Maybe the children could stay up a little longer."Dee relented. "OK, You kids can stay up for a while, but not too long. We need everybody's help tomorrow. We're going to get the rest of the breeding done and we're ALL going to work. " She called her Mom, right?"Julia nodded, "Sure. She had to clear the air before the dinner."That explanation didn't explain anything to me. Quite the reverse. "What air wasn't clear?" Mostly about Ava telling us about her parents' illnesses. But she also had to rev up her mother, so her parents would arrive in a more friendly, positive mood." Oh." Can't say I really understood that too well either. I gave it up as not worth pursuing, instead asking, "Did the call go well?" Katie - Ava's mom -.