Golf Balls and Boy Balls - 7. 7. Designs for the new house

7. Designs for the new house

 

“Oh yeah, you two have it bad. I sent my driver to the house, so I will be riding home with you two. I understand, I have a couple of hunks living with me now too.” Shelby grinned

 

“Yes, you do. They are nice too. Don’t go filling their hands with any of your stories.” Adam had a little concern in his voice

 

“Oh man, I’m going to miss out on those stories of little Adam.”

 

“I was just kidding. To be honest, I have always been an absentee mother. I don’t have any of those stories. I wish I did, but then a lot of things would be different wouldn’t they. Come on boys take me home, I need a nap before seeing your new house. I don’t need to be at the closing, so I will have Max to bring me over when you get back. Oh, but I do think you have a meeting with Charles Oaks, give him my best and apologies for not coming with you.” Shelby added.

 

“Oh yeah, the banker.” Adam said. “I had forgotten his name.”

 

Mr. Adams handed Adam a couple of copies of his emancipation decree. One was reduced and laminated to fit into his wallet. I will be sending over a few more certified copies, but you will need one for the banker and one for your closing this afternoon. You should have plenty by the time you get back to the new house. Since most everyone will be there, I thought it would be the best place to send it.”

 

“Thank you so much Mr. Adams. I really appreciate all your help and hard work to make this go so smoothly.” Adam shook his hand.

 

“You’re welcome. I was asked by Joe Jolly and John Turley to handle this for you both. They said you two were planning on starting a business venture or two and that you would most likely be looking for representation that would have your interests’ forefront, more so than the respective corporations’ lawyers. I just want you to know that my associates and I would like very much to represent you. I know this is sudden and you haven’t even considered such a step, but I wanted let you know that we are available. I think they said they have a meeting with you Wednesday and would be discussing this as well as some other things with you.” Mr. Adams stated.

 

“Hey that makes sense.” Adam and I looked at each other.

 

“Yeah, it does. What do you think? Should we let him represent us at least until Wednesday when we talk to Joe and John?” I asked Adam.

 

“That sounds like a smart thing to do, if you don’t mind taking us on a temporary basis.” Adam added.

 

“Not at all, I will be honored to represent you even temporarily.”

 

“Can you meet with our banker at 1:00 PM with us?” I asked.

 

“Just a minute let me make sure I don’t have to be in court. I can cancel anything but some judges get bent out of shape. If I can’t make it I will have Tom Banks go with you, either way we will have you represented.” His call got through. “Alice I need to make a meeting at 1:00 PM is there anything preventing me from taking care of our new clients?” A short pause. “Can Tom or Cal take that?” Another short pause. “Great, thanks Alice.”

 

Shelby walked closer. “Mark has me another ride home. Take your new attorney to lunch before your meeting. I will see you both this afternoon.” She didn’t wait for an answer, just turned and was out the door.

 

Our lunch was pleasant and we felt at ease and comfortable with Jack as he asked us to call him. Now that we were all on first name basis it was much more friendly sounding conversation. As we were leaving the restaurant to head to the bank Jack said. “One of you give me a dollar.” Adam handed him a dollar. “Now, that you have retained me, I can officially act on your behalf at the bank.”

 

On the way to the bank, Adam said. “I know it won’t happen, but I hope I never have to wear a suit again.”

 

“But you look so handsome and sexy too.” Then I realized that Jack was there and I blushed. “Oops, sorry Jack I didn’t mean to be so blunt.”

 

Jack laughed. “Yes you did, I know you two are in love and I hope that you never have to feel restricted around me or any of my associates. One of my partners, Tom, is gay and very respected by everyone that knows him. We won’t judge you by your age or sexuality.”

 

Once at the bank, Jack had them change the contracts to be specific what they could and couldn’t charge. He also successfully renegotiated a much better interest rate on our money. He tied it to their prime lending rate with a minimum specified should their prime fall below the minimum. The banker wasn’t pleased, but we were. After all we had put one hundred million each into our joint account. The bank wanted to provide a management service, but Jack specified that we would be using an independent management service and auditing firm. We were impressed that he took charge of the meeting and we felt confident that we were well represented.

 

We asked if he wanted to go to the closing with us, but he assured us that he had already reviewed and signed off on all the closing documents. He told us if his signature or Tom’s wasn’t already on the document, to not sign it and call him immediately. He also put all his numbers including his cell phone that he said wasn’t turned off except in the courtroom, into our phones.

 

The closing went smoothly and we were given a ton of keys and the master alarm code. We were met at the gate by Max, who handed us a bag with clothes to change into. We walked into the house and Corbin and Dillon whistled at us. “You two clean up nice.” Dillon quipped.

 

“Careful, we might decide the gardener uniforms are suit and tie.” Adam laughed.

 

“I would call your bluff, but I think I know better than bull shit a bull shitter.” Corbin smiled.

 

“What language out of such a pretty mouth.” Shelby teased as she came into the room.

 

“Sorry, Ms. West.” Corbin looked contrite.

 

“I told you its Shelby.” She turned her attention to us. “Boys this house if fabulous. It’s even nicer than I remember. You know the furnishings and art are worth more than the house?”

 

“We were told they were if they were originals, but we haven’t heard back on that yet.” I said.

 

“You have heard back, but I forgot to tell you. The insurance agent has already verified the appraisals. You are insured for fifty-seven million on house and furnishings. There is a long list of individual things that are listed with their value and how much they are insured for.” Shelby looked shocked. “Didn’t the closing agent go over that with you boys?”

 

“I do remember something about that, but to be honest, by that point, I was tired of listening and signing stuff and just wanted to leave.” I admitted.

 

We went into the first room we found and started changing clothes. Once we were down to our briefs, we kissed. Of course, we had to sixty-nine right there on the floor. Thankfully no one came in on us. We dressed and went back out to the others. They all turned when we came out. Corbin said. “I won, pay up.” They all laughed and handed him twenty dollars each. Even Shelby.

 

“Okay, we give what was the bet?” I asked.

 

“Well, I won; I said you guys would finish in twenty-three minutes. It took you twenty-two. Next closest was twenty-five. Shelby was the farthest away, she had ten minutes. She must think you boys are quick shooters.” Everyone laughed.

 

“That’s it make fun of the love birds.” We kissed passionately to get to them and it worked. They all groaned.

 

The builders came in about then. I spotted the guy that was giving all the instructions. “Hi, I’m Jim and this is Adam.” I handed him the mess of keys. “Can we get rid of this mess and get it down to one key works everywhere?”

 

“Hi, nice to meet you. I’m Jim Montgomery. That is already in the plans. We won’t be in here for awhile. We have asked Tobin to move into the house until we are finished with his apartment, but he said he would have to check with you.”

 

“Corbin and Dillon do you mind helping Tobin move into the master suite in here. You guys can move in here too if you want.” I asked.

 

“Heck no, Maggs and Barb have us spoiled. Unless you want us to move, we would rather stay where we are.” They laughed.

 

“I thought that would be the case. They have a way of spoiling their boys.” We all laughed. They ran to help Tobin.

 

“Mr. Montgomery, we haven’t been told, when will everything be finished.”

 

“Call me Jim please and may I call you by your first names.”

 

“Of course, we prefer to be called Jim and Adam.” I spoke up.

 

“We are scheduled to be finished in six weeks. As I understand it you haven’t even reviewed the changes yet, so that might change depending on the changes. I think Art should be here any minute to go over the changes with you.” He gave us each a card with some ID information on it. “We have set up accounts that will allow you to follow the progress and even see any snags that come up. This is a fully integrated working construction plan. Everything from the architects’ drawings and specifications to the final check list is available to you. Also on the front page is a updated completion schedule for the total project.” He opened his laptop to show us the system. “As you can see, before the process can begin you have to review and approve the plans. I think Max has a laptop you can sign in on to do so. There is Art now.”

 

Art hugged me. “Good to see you again Jim.” He hugged Adam. “You must the famous Adam that has stolen Jim’s heart. He wasn’t kidding when he said you were gorgeous.” Adam blushed. “Do you have any questions before we start?” We both shook our heads no. “Most people want to know how much it’s going to cost first. I know that you boys aren’t worried about the cost, but here is the detailed estimate currently.” He scrolled down several pages of estimates to the bottom. The final sum was. $4,684,395.00.

 

“Does that include updating the two apartments for the boys and Tobin?”

 

“Yes it does and Max wanted to make sure both were given a considerable upgrade in space as well as amenities. There are actually two separate apartments over the garage. We are making the changes to both. Now this figure doesn’t include a change that I think you should make, but haven’t asked for. Most of those things I just included, but I thought this change should be a decision you make. As you know the bathroom upgrades aren’t cheap and also making them flow with the bedroom can also be a bit of a challenge. What I suggest is that you boys take that whole west wing for your area. He opened picture of the existing area. First will be the master suite. This is what it will look like.” He switched to the bathroom. “This is what I see for the bath.” Both Adam and I smiled. The frosted shower glass had our likenesses without any sexual details. “I see you have noticed that you both are proximately featured in the glass. I left it ‘G’ rated, but that can be changed if you wish.”

 

We looked at each other and shook our heads. “No, thanks, this is beautiful as it is.”

 

“What I think you should do is this.” The hall now only had four doors. “The door at the end of the hall is for additional linens or whatever the housekeepers want handy. The master bedroom and bath have been expanded even more, with a sitting area and media center.” The rendering was beautiful. “The two bedrooms across the hall are a Jim bedroom and bath and an Adam bedroom and bath. Not that you two should ever have a spat that required it. I thought it would be nice for each of you to have a retreat just in case you needed some time alone. The areas will be the same as the original master area I showed you. Jim’s bath will have a Jim image and Adam’s will have an Adam image.”

 

“Well, I want an Adam image on my shower.” I said.

 

“And I want a Jim on mine. Maybe that will remind us that where we belong if we ever have one of those spats.”

 

“So does that mean you want to go with the changes?”

 

“Hell yes.”

 

“Do you want to know what it will cost?”

 

“Not really, but give it to us.”

 

“First tell me which bathroom will have the Jim image and which will have the Adam image.”

 

“It doesn’t matter.” Neither one of us would say.

 

Shelby had heard enough. “Shit boys. Don’t be so difficult.” She tore a piece of paper form Art’s notebook and wrote one on one piece and two on the other. “That is one and this is two.” She shook them up and held them over her head. “Jim you are the oldest chose first and don’t give me any lip.” We laughed and I chose. “One it is.” Now get on with it boys, I’m bored. I think I will have Max take me home. I think Maggs is expecting you for dinner.” And she was gone.

 

He updated the plan. Now look at the bedrooms. Adam took the mouse and opened the door to my bedroom and we were in the bedroom. In the bath we could see his image on the shower glass. “This is so cool.” He went in his bedroom to make sure my image was etched into his glass.

 

Art took back over now the new total is. He went back to the estimate page. Once he made it to the bottom we saw it was: $4,702,900.00. “That is one of the reasons I wanted you to make the decision. Considerable electrical and plumbing work is necessary to make that happen. I think it’s worth it, but it isn’t my money. You also lose the connection to the rest of the third floor.”

 

“To be honest, I don’t think Adam and I will ever need those rooms, but I like the idea they are there. I know all couples argue, but I can’t imagine either of us not listening to the other. We might disagree on something, but I can’t ever see it coming between us. I can imagine one of us being ill and it be advisable to sleep separately. I love the new design.”

 

“Me too, what other changes will be made that you want to show us.”

 

“Let me show you the apartment changes. As you can see from this picture, there is plenty of room to expand the garage apartment without major structure changes. The master bedroom and bath have been upgraded to close to what you two have. The other major change is the living room area. We thought it should be a little more upscale and we added a fireplace. That does require a structure change all the way down to the foundation, but it gives the place a lot more appeal and will provide a very romantic setting should the tenants’ desire. It can have wood burned in it, but it will be set up to be fully gas with realistic logs and ambiance.”

 

“Now we come to the real expenses. The gardeners apartment was not built to the standards the rest of the place was built. We tried several scenarios before coming to the conclusion it would be best to tear it down and start over. Not only would it be up to code, but it would actually compliment the house instead of being a building stuck on the grounds. This is our proposed new gardener’s apartment. It will be a home that Tobin will be happy to entertain his lady in. From some of the things I heard there might be a wedding in the future.”

 

“That looks awesome; Jim said you were the best as far as he was concerned. I share his opinion now. Do Tobin and his lady like the changes?”

 

“Well no, to be honest, he wouldn’t even hear of those type of changes. They were worried what everything cost. I tried to explain to them you wouldn’t hear of me not doing my best work, but they kept insisting on something simple. I guess you can say we agreed to disagree.”

 

“Hang on a second, I heard the boys go upstairs a minute ago, I’ll go see if I can find Tobin.” Adam took off in a run.

 

Adam came back a minute later with Tobin in tow. “Hello Mr. Art.”

 

“Art, please Tobin. Now the reason that Adam went to get you is we need your help.”

 

“Sure thing anything I can do. I’ll be happy to help.”

 

“Tell us what you want to change about the changes I showed you.”

 

“I couldn’t think of any possible changes. It is just too beautiful and expensive. We don’t need anything like that. We are simple folk.” Tobin said with his head down.

 

“There is nothing simple about you. You have made this a show place. You have helped raise a wonderful grandson. You are one of the nicest men I have ever met. You are part of our extended family. Unless you have something specific you want to change, we are going with Art’s planned changes.” I said.

 

“You are making an old man cry. I’m staying in this fancy place for now and you seem determined to make me live in that new fancy place. All I can say is thank you.” We hugged Tobin and he cried himself out. “Don’t you dare tell the boys I bawled like a baby.”

 

“Too late papa, we saw you, but we are crying too.” That was Dillon not Corbin. The boys hugged the man. “Our new friends are very special. They may be rich, but they love people and want to share what they have. I never have seen anything like it either. Besides that they are good looking too.”

 

We logged on and signed off on everything. The security changes were partially covered. There were several things that were carved out of the estimate and listed as under separate contract with Guardian Security.

 

“Boys come help me dig up these plants if they start tomorrow, we need to get the plants around my house up or they will be killed.” Adam and I went out there with them and grabbed shovels. “Adam, I didn’t mean that for you and Jim.”

 

“What’s the matter? You think we can’t help.”

 

“No sir, I didn’t mean that. I just.”

 

Adam cut him off. “We have told you to can that sir crap. What are we going to have to do with you? What do you think Jim? Is spanking out of the question?”

 

We all laughed. “Okay, okay, I will try, but you need to cut me some slack. I was taught a long time ago to respect my betters.”

 

“Tobin, we are not your betters. Please tell me that you haven’t been filling your grandson’s head with that garbage. I might not be the most religious person in the world, but I think most every Christian faith believes that everyone was created equal. Money doesn’t make someone better. Respecting one’s employer is noble and probably a good thing, but so is respecting one’s elders and respecting one’s employees. Let’s agree to be respectful to everyone and all will be good. Last but not least, from everything I see around me, there might be someone that is a better gardener than you, but I would have to see it to believe it. Therefore you have no better in this group.” I hugged Tobin and the others joined in.

 

“You’re making this old man cry again.” He wiped his eyes. “So what are you young bucks waiting for? The sun to go down? Get to work.” We all laughed and had a ball removing the plants around the house.

 

“Hey you guys play tennis?” Dillon asked.

 

“I just started back, but Adam is pretty good.”

 

“Want to try out your new tennis court?”

 

“Sure, the timing is just about right. We’ll go home and shower before dinner. I assume you guys will be there too.”

 

“Yep, Maggs threatened us when we tried to tell her it should be just the family. It took awhile, but I believe that we are part of this extended family. I’ve had to re-think my whole opinion of rich people. You guys are becoming very special to me. Corbin and I agree that we can’t hold on to our old values. You have proved to us that we have been very wrong and have been guilty of being bigots. Being gay, you would think I would know better, but it is hard to see that grouping all wealthy people and judging them is the same as any other group of people. You guys are important to us.”

 

“You too, if we ever make you feel uncomfortable about anything, please tell us. We can assure you we would never do that intentionally.” I slapped Dillon on the back.

 

“We know that now.” Corbin took off running. “Come on Dillon, I want some suck face before dinner and we have to shower too.”

 

We laughed and headed home. We showered and grabbed our tennis equipment and headed out. We noticed that the blue escalade was in the garage with two sets of keys on the hood. Adam drove it and on the way over we called the security people to tell them our plans. We suggested that the Bluetooth for the phones needed some changes. We asked them to provide the caller ID on one of the screens around the cockpit of the truck.

 

At dinner we all laughed and had a good time. Shelby said she wanted to go back tomorrow; she was the hostess for a benefit that needed her to get back to France. I was disappointed that she didn’t want to spend more time with Adam. It must have showed on my face. “Hey Jim, don’t let it bother you. I didn’t think she would even be here. I have never been close to her. You will see. When we go to visit her, we might see her once every three or four days. That’s just the way it is. I love you so much, don’t let her get in the way of our happiness, she doesn’t fit in the equation at all.”

 

“I just thought she would want to spend most of her time here with you. I don’t understand that at all.”

 

He laughed. “I think I understand how you feel, but that wouldn’t be my mother. We are used to each other and comfortable being ships passing in the night. We have each other, she loves you too you know. We love each other that is our present and future. We are the only family we need. Well, our extended family is cool. Please don’t expect my mother to want to send a lot of time with us. That is just not going to happen.”

 

“If you are okay with it, I will be too. You are my life and I won’t let someone else keep us from anything.”

 

We got to the new house before Dillon and Corbin. We didn’t have a clicker for the gate, so we had to wait for them. They opened the gate and were waiting behind us. Before we could get parked, Mark gave us an opener to get in the gate. “You got away before we could give this to you. Here is the one for the other truck, don’t forget to put it in it.”

 

“Mark, what are you still doing here? You don’t work twenty-four hours a day do you?”

 

“No, but some days things just take longer to get finished. We are working with the manufactures of the security system and hardware to make this the best system possible. You will be surprised when it’s finished. One of those changes is your phones will be able to open this gate or any of the others.”

 

“There are others?”

 

“Yes the one that you know about leading to the rest of your property. There is also one that leads to the garage area from Front Street. It is not easily seen that it is an entrance or exit.”

 

“Cool, thanks Mark. We are going to christen the tennis court.”

 

“Those two are pretty good. Nice on the eyes too. They were playing the other day without shirts. I couldn’t help but stare. And before you ask, yes, I’m gay.” Mark said with a grin.

 

We went into the changing room and got dressed. Of course we were all checking each other out. We all were virtually hairless except for our heads, pubic, and underarm areas. We were all smiling; I think we were all enjoying the view. I know I was. It was Corbin that broke the silence. “It sure is a shame to have to kick such pretty butts. You boys look good enough to eat.”

 

“You haven’t kicked our butts yet, but I will agree it will be a pleasure to have to kick your butts too.”

 

“Dillon and I are monogamous, but we might make an exception with you two sexy boys.”

 

“I can’t speak for Jim, but I don’t think I want to share my Jim. You guys are beautiful and sexy as hell, I think we are all starting to chub up, but I couldn’t stand to share.”

 

“I agree, I am too selfish to share Adam.”

 

“We understand. We argued back and forth about saying anything. We didn’t really want to share either, but most people our age are not that way. We finally decided that we were being ‘old fashioned’ and would be willing to try it with you guys because you have shown us so much love. I’m really glad that you think like we do.” Dillon blushed a little.

 

We all hugged and went out to warm up. It was so hot and muggy we all took off our shirts. Mark came by and made an up and down motion with his fist imitating and exaggerated masturbation motion to imply we were fueling his jack off fantasies. About then though a very cute young guy pinched him on the butt and they kissed. I guess it was his way to show us his partner. It was evident they were together.

 

It was a tough match, they finally won two sets to one, but we had a lot of tie break games and both teams were worn out. “You guys are not going to hold on to that story that Jim hasn’t played since he was ten are you?” Corbin asked between breaths.

 

“It’s true; you should have seen him a week ago Saturday. You would believe it then, but he isn’t a push over anymore. He can hold his own with anyone now. I agree with you though we need to quit telling people the story, they will think we are lying.” Adam laughed. “Take me home Jim, I want a shower and one your foot massages.” We kissed and Dillon and Corbin followed suit.

 

“What is so special about your foot massages?”

 

“Nothing really, we just massage one foot while the other plays between our legs. Granted we have to hurry the second foot and we always have to sixty-nine we can’t stand to wait. Before you say anything, yes we are both cum hounds, and never plan to change.” Adam said proudly.

 

“I guess it takes one to know one. We are the same way. It is so cool that we have you guys as our friends.”

 

“Just wait until you meet Hank and Paul, We will be the merry band of happy queers. Paul is Adam’s age so you guys will have Hank and I outnumbered. You will be spending extra time with Hank; he is twenty-eight and the golf pro at the club. That reminds me I forgot to call like I promised I would.” I picked up my phone and dialed Hank. “Hank, you know the two guys Adam and I were going to give the clubs we won to.” I nodded. Everyone laughed and I realized what I was doing. “Yes they are even more cute and sexy than their voices. They are a lot of fun; you and Paul will love them as much as we do. Yes, they know about Paul’s age. We are the old farts and outnumbered by all the eighteen and nineteen year olds. “ I listened for awhile. “Yes we need to get them on the books. Adam and I can’t be there tomorrow, but maybe Dillon and Corbin can. Here talk to them.” I handed the phone to Dillon and then said. “Here is the speaker feature. Talk to Hank.”

 

I took Adam outside to let them talk. Adam looked at me funny. “Why are we moving away? Are we giving them privacy or something?”

 

“I just thought they might want some privacy, I don’t know why.” I laughed. “Maybe I’m being paranoid, but I don’t want them to think we are sticking our noses into their business.”

 

“You might be right. We have been making so many decisions for them without meaning to. I see your point they need to know they have a say in everything they do. You really do try to think of everyone’s feelings. I love you so much.”

 

“I love you too.” We were kissing and squeezing each other’s butts when Dillon and Corbin came out and each one of them swatted one of our butts.

 

Dillon handed me my phone. “Damn you two can’t keep your hands off each other.”

 

“And your point is?” Adam retorted.

 

“Don’t let him fool you we are the same way. Oh, by the way, we are going to the club tomorrow for Hank to evaluate us and work with us a bit. He said if we wanted to play after that, he and Paul would play around with us and he had some clubs we could use. We told him ours were just mismatched stuff and we both played out of the same bag. He laughed at us and said he would loan us some clubs until ours came in so that we could practice and he did expect us to practice. He sure seems like a likeable guy.”

 

“He is and Paul is too. I think the six of us will become great friends.” The boys smiled warmly.

 

“Oh, I just thought come by the house. We will let you drive one of our trucks so that you won’t be stopped at the gate. I will write a letter real quick so that we can get your membership done tomorrow too.” I said.

 

“Hank said he wasn’t sure how long membership would take.”

 

“Our two families gave the land and built the original club. We are the founding members, so we get our way. Not that we have ever had to play the founding members card, but with the letter Jim gives you they won’t blink before handing your membership card. Just remember your number and sign for everything with that number. It will go directly to your account which will be added to the existing ones the company pays for. You should never see a bill and if you do just let us know. “

 

“I can’t believe you are doing all this for us. Especially after we just kicked your butts on the tennis courts.” That was his way of letting us know that our friendship was special to them.

 

“Rub it in while you can. We will be ready for a rematch when you guys are ready. Oh tell Hank and Paul that you play tennis. I’m sure they will tell you how bad they whacked us last week.” Adam laughed.

 

“Take your tennis stuff just in case you can get on tomorrow. Even with school out, Tuesdays are pretty slow I think.”

 

They followed us home and chose the blue truck to drive tomorrow. We had to show them the special button so that they didn’t push it by mistake and freak out. A member of our security team came up to us and said he needed to take the guns if we were going to loan the truck. Unless they had concealed carry permits it is against the law for them to have them in the truck. We told him to get the information from the boys and do the paperwork for them to get the permits. We would take them with us when we qualify on the pistol range. As an afterthought I asked the boys if they wanted to go through that process. They thanked me for asking and then agreed. I felt bad for not asking them first but they put me at ease quickly.

 

I gave the boys the letter for the club. “Don’t let them say anything about approval. This letter should be all the approval they should need. Call Adam or my cell if they don’t take your picture and hand you a card.”

 

“Okay, if you say so. Will Hank be close by so that he can be there for moral support?”

 

Adam dialed Hank’s cell. “Hank, Dillon and Corbin want to know if you will be around to offer moral support when they pick up their membership. Jim gave them a letter with all the billing stuff and mention as a founding member, our friends should be given the membership on the spot, but we would feel better if you were with them.” He listened for a moment. “Thanks Hank, I will tell them. Have fun tomorrow. Oh, before I forget to tell you, they beat Jim and I on the tennis court tonight, so you might have your hands full if you have time for tennis. Show them around and make them feel at home. Thanks again Hank.” Adam turned and said. “Hank said to call him when you get there and he will go with you to the secretary. In case you haven’t guessed, the secretary thinks he is a lot more important than he is. He has a pretty cushy job, but for some reason is on a power trip some of the time. He is on a short rope and will lose his job if he isn’t careful. I just don’t want any of his shit giving you guys the wrong impression of the club.”