”“Thank you.” I left her office feeling stunned. I knew I needed to add more to my portfolio, but I didn’t expect her to come down so hard on ...e. Shit, if I lost a letter grade in every class there’s no way I’d qualify for my scholarship. I headed back to my room to start gathering stuff up.“Damn it, Melody. Stop it! This is serious. If I don’t finish this and get it right, I won’t even be able to come back next year.” I had piles of material spread out all over the bed and was redoing one of. Now slightly agitated with worry, he pointed the wheels towards Pop’s house. Braking in front of a small slightly rundown bungalow style house, Nathan stepped from the cab, and walked up the walkway. Pop’s house had always been in disrepair, but he had always worked meticulously in the small flowerbeds that stretched beneath the windows. Today those beds were showing signs of neglect. Walking around the house, Nathan peered through the windows, counted the newspapers stacking up on the porch,. " I quipped before my brain stopped my mouth. I wanted to sink through the floor but Kaiba laughed. And so did the Emperor.I made a joke and the Emperor laughed at it."Hey!" Dad said suddenly. "I read your book! You know a lot about fish." Thank you." The Emperor said graciously. "Are you interested in ichthyology?" Well, I'm at least interested in fish." Dad laughed. "I'm not a thinker; I'm a doer. My son and I are fishermen." Really?" The Emperor actually looked interested. "Where?" One of. Grandpa Mayfair could have given you change for the dime in his day."Yup, you can do it and I'll be right there. We'll put Dewayne up front and Jerry in the back. You'll do fine and I'll teach you some of the tricks."The approach to the marina was nearly impossible. There was a dock that could barely handle Kalliste but it most certainly hadn't been designed for the seventy foot behemoth jutting out from it. Tony had to talk Tina through first going past everything, and then pivoting Kalliste.