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Dean Miller's ADULTS ONLY party on his houseboat is well-attended by any standard - even 'Benly' was there, and so were
Finch and his wife and Cutler and his; Andy and Robert are not (they're traveling in Germany, celebrating their recent reunion...
top 40 hits and quality liquor and beer are both plentiful:

So baby, if you want me...You've got to show me love
Words are so easy to say, alright? - You've got to show me love!

I'm tired of gettin' caught up in those one-night affairs...What I really need is somebody who will always be there
So baby, if you want me...You've got to show me love...Words are so easy to say, alright? - You've got to show me love!
Come on Come on Come on NOW! Yeah, Yeah!

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At about 1015pm Carina stepped outside to answer her mobile: "Yes, Suocera ; (mother-in-law) is everything alright Katherine?"

"Yes and no," Katherine laughed weakly. "I wouldn't bother you except that Liam is...a little rowdy. He insists on talking to both
of you."

"Yes; alright." Through the sliding glass doors, the OB managed to get her wife's attention...utilizing the speaker button, Maya
asked "What's going on Mom? Dad had better not be there!"

"Maya Katherine don't forget who you're talking to! Lane is not here and HASN'T BEEN - it's LIAM...he insists on talking to both
of you and won't settle down."

Annoyed at their night of carousing interrupted by a minor issue, Bishop snapped "OK, alright: put him on! Hey, Bud, why are you
still awake?"

"Nonna spank me Mommy! Mamma - Gramma hit me!"

"Why, Baby? Did you do something?" Carina interjected.

"I din do NOTING!" the toddler bawled.

From the background, Katherine corrected the record: "He was trying to stick a safety pin into a wall socket and I stopped
him."

"Liam!" said Carina. "You say 'sorry' right now, do you hear?"

A few seconds pause and Liam uttered a scornful "UM!"

"Giovanni Liam Gibson Bishop DeLuca! I can call Zio Andrea!"

"NO, Mamma - I don' want Zio D'rea Mommy!"

Maya replied, "Then say sorry and go nite nite."

A loud sniffle on the other end of the line: "OK...sowy Gramma. I goin' nite nite."

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Elena and Pruitt Herrera ignored - rather, DISCOUNTED - their granddaughter's parents' request not to feed the child ANY
sugar or fast food (specifically McDonalds@) and now Elenita charged around her grandparent's home, screeching like a
banshee...both are in their middle fifties and Pruitt was still recovering from a recent round of low-dose chemo; Elena's
energy was usually sapped by the unusually hot summer and waiting on her husband hand and foot; they reasoned that

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Pruitt: "¿Mi hijita, te comparmos un HappyMeal@?"

Elenita: NO, 'Buelo...Mami y Papi me dijeron que no puedo comer McDonalds ."

Elena: "Esta bien, mi vida - Abuelo y yo te damos permiso. "

Elenita: "No gracias - Mami y Papi "-

Pruitt: "Nena...it is ok...let's go in and get your food."

Elenita waited reluctantly while the couple retrieved her infant brother from his car seat and followed them inside. "OK,
¿Amor - quiere un sandwich de pescado or hamburgesa? " asked Elena.

Fed up and unwilling to disobey her parents the two-year-old blared "¡Mi Mami y Papi me dijeron que NO COMIA MCDONALLLLDS !"

The people working the counter cracked up, along with some of the customers; one of the women cracked "¡Oigan, Señores - dice la
pequeña que no see puede comer HappyMeal@, oigan !"

The Hereras huffily gathered the children and left the fast food place...

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When Andy called that evening for a status report her daughter grabbed one of the handsets of her Grandparent's house phones
and trilled "Mami; Papi...Grandma y Grandpa try to make me eat 'Donalds but I don't eat it, Mami - I don't eat it!" she sobbed.

"¡Mami!," complained Andy. At nearly the same instant Robert chimed in with "¡Señores!"

Elena groused "Are you happy with yourselves raising a SNITCH?"

Pruitt added, "¡Chismosa!"

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SPANISH/ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
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Mi hijita, te comparmos un HappyMeal@?-Baby, should we buy you a HappyMeal@

OK, Amor - quiere un sandwich de pescado or hamburgesa?-Do you want a fish sandwich or hamburger

NO, 'Buelo...Mami y Papi me dijeron que no puedo comer McDonalds-No Grandpa...Mommy and Daddy said I can't eat no
McDonalds

"Esta bien, mi vida - Abuelo y yo te damos permiso-It's OK, My Love - Grandpa and I give you permission.

 

Mi Mami y Papi me dijeron que COMIA MCDONALLLLDS-My Mommy and Daddy told me not to eat McDonalds

¡Oigan, Señores - dice la pequeña que no see puede comer HappyMeal@, oigan-Oh, Mr and Mrs-the Little One says that she can't
eat HappyMeal@

Señores!-Oldies

Chismosa: Tattletale

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Amelia and Linc had an awkward 'non-visit' while Scout ran through his Dad's place, touching this and fingering that; after
a while Amelia cracked sarcastically "Well, this is nice."

"There's the door," Linc shot back.

"Linc, c'mon... we don't have to do this. Let's..."

Linc scoffed and retorted "I have to do this."

Scout toddled in shouting "DADDY!"

"Too loud, Bud--ooof!" Linc grunted as his son jumped into his lap. "What's so important?"

Scout pointed an accusing finger at Amelia: "Mommy."

Amelia: "Wait-'Mommy'? What did I do?"?

"That lady..."

Link: "Lady?"

Scout squirmed lower in his father's lap and replied "Her name...um...um...Mommy's friend."

"He means...mumble mumble"

Linc: "Say again--can't HEAR YOU."

Amelia repeated "He means KAI!

"An' da lady say Oooh, 'Baby - you smell GOOOD'; and Mommy said 'My love - right there -YES!' and da lady..."

Amelia buried her head in her hands and whispered "Oh my God! Scout, would you get Mommy a-a coke, please?"

The little fellow ran off and returned from the kitchen with a can of coke (which his mother doesn't open right away as
his running shook the contents up); Scout placed the top of his head and began walking in circles, chanting "Oooh, AH! Oooh,
Ah!"

Struggling not to laugh his ass off Linc asked "You heard THAT too, Scout?"

"Yeah, and den..."

"Well, I gotta go, Baby...Linc...LOVE YOU, 'bye!"