Is there something I should know?" Naaah, I just got the information from the boxes as we unpackedeverything." I see. Well, okay then. You're doing a ...onderful job, and to show myappreciation, here's your check. I'm sure that you'll like it."I did like it. Not only had she paid me my normal wage, she had added 2percent of my sales! I had more money than I had ever seen in one checkbefore! I filled up the car, kept my allowance, then deposited the restin the bank. When mom got home I showed her. Carol and I were sitting on top of a picnic table near the reservoir, she in the center, her feet on the bench, and I behind her with my legs on either side of her as I massaged her shoulders. We didn’t know each other that well, but there had been a slow flirtation going on and we had somehow decided to take a walk together and wound up here. She was small and dark—her last name was Spanish-sounding—and her petite figure looked very girlish in what seemed almost like a pre-teen’s white party. I took her and hugged her. "Wuv yoo too, Kitty-cat."The family time over, we got down to work. "We've called Jerry in, he'll start casting for the series next month. We're assuming we'll do the show here, costs are low, and we have a good reputation with the locals, and the film commission. Any idea which network we want to pitch it to?"They had obviously been thinking about it. "Well, if we go with cable we can get as bold as we want. Netflix originals are really hot right now, maybe we can. " She took my hand and squeezed it. Right on cue the nungungi stepped forward."All have returned."In the past, bands took wives from other bands. They did so with violence, with bloodshed. The Europeans have taught us that this was wrong. Taking with violence is called 'rape' and is punished. One young man took a maiden with violence. There was blood shed: both his and hers. During the next moon I will heal her. The moon will restore her."But what of him?"He shall be avoided. He shall not have.