. . Cal . . . gave me some advice out there, that is how I caught the grounder in the last inning,’ Duncan said, smiling at his mother’s surprise....‘So, you know something about this game?’ she asked, and for the first time Cal noticed a very slight accent. He nodded. ‘I don’t suppose . . .’ she started and then looked at Cal again carefully. He could almost hear her thoughts, ‘Is this just someone else who wants to get in my pants and is trying to use my son to do so?’ He smiled widely, then,. Sid's and Ingrid's are these; Henri and Tony have the next two.She led me forward. "This is my room on the right – I won't let you see it now, it's a mess. Jake's is across from me. Up here is the business office, where you'll find Kate most of the time. This... , " and she swung a door open, " ... is the lounge. Looks like the boys were playing cards again last night, to judge from the empty chip bags and the beer bottles. There's also a couple of X-Boxes and a big screen home theater and all. "This place is four years old and I just love the way it's been decorated. The owners plan to convey all of the appliances and furnishings at no cost to the buyer."We ascended the wooden stairs to another large deck. I bent to retrieve the key and noticed that Carl's bulge was substantially larger than it had been at the first property.I took Carl though the living quarters, which had an open kitchen layout with a large food preparation island. We toured the upstairs -- the loft overlooking the. The TV and all the lights were turned off.The next day was more relaxing. Linda and I drove around a bit, and visited several used book stores. We each picked up three or four of them at two of the stores and went to my house where we chatted with my dad about our haul. He remembered he’d made a promise and went into the garage. five minutes later he came back and handed Linda his copy of “Starship Troopers”. She gave him a big hug and sat down cuddled against me and started reading it.We spent.