Halley was a night nurse at a local hospital, and was almost never home during Lance's waking hours.His father Nate was also there, a 50 year old man ...ho was fairly average as well - and he was also short like Lance. His father was a friendly sort, joking and playful, and had always been supportive of Lance. Nate always had friends over, and this night was no different. His best friend since college Pete was over, along with Pete's wife Melissa.Lance usually avoided his dad and his friends when. How are you?" I said."I'm doing fine, Dave. Things are going pretty good here. Are you having fun at the lake?"I could hear more laughter in the background, and at least two more voices."It's going pretty good here," I said. The weather was a little rainy earlier in the week, but it was really nice out today. I thought I got the wrong number at first when I called." That was Marie that answered," Louise explained. "She and Dieter stopped in to see me. They're staying in town for a couple of. Gary informed me with her adorable accent.“You’re saying that Gary is sterile,” I cut to the chase now.“Exactly. His real name is Todd, but yes, he’s sterile. My name is Natasha. I’m from Singapore, but I left as quickly as I could get out of that place. Too damn strict! Everything controlled, regimented, repressive. It started out as a green card marriage right on the heels of his divorce, but I was always good to him and I really wanted to stay and have his babies. Todd ... let’s just say. It is in regards to Daddy. It’s about Mom, it’s about the firm, and it’s about the house. It’s about everything. It’s about our whole way of life. We’ve got some real problems and there will be changes soon so, please do as I asked.”After a few moments of silence, Rachel stood up and grabbed her cell phone and walked out into the outer office area. Shelly then picked up her purse and walked over to the office bar. They both called the necessary people that they needed to call in order to clear.