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Tweak says, "I didn't do it!"

Avoid if triggered by misplaced apostrophe's. (essayel) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2010-06-13 11:41:00

Entry tags:

chandika, chas, deacon, leo, nia, rahul, ruth, susan, urquhart, vincenzo

Multipurpose multipup, Manor, morning, OTA
Leo had actually been into the office on a Sunday, not unheard of but not a regular occurrence, because Carnahan had called him to say that some papers from Pangolin had been misdirected to his office and that he had, shamefully, forgotten to mention it. He had offered Leo Sunday evening dinner in recompense and Leo had accepted cheerfully, then had put the phone down and cursed and got down there sharpish. Now he was back, envelope in pocket, considering options and ready for tea - possibly iced because it was a warm day.

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Vincenzo greeted Lawyer Beck on his way through the lobby then settled back in his seat and eased his collar. It was hot. He might have to fetch the one of the fans from the security suite. They didn't need ALL of them in there.

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Ruth had finished her laundry and paused to look in the mail room. She felt - restless - and couldn't work out why.

On impulse she spoke to the young man at the security desk and he smiled and agreed to keep her small package of laundry, neatly folded inside a pillow case, in his cupboard until she came back for it, and she hitched her purse under her arm and went for a walk. Maybe to the park - or the Square.

Though she would probably end up at the museum.

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The lack of the pool house was being felt quite keenly by some of the residents so Charlie had obtained an extra large and extra tough paddling pool and obtained permission to put it on a sunny patch of ground not far from the gazebo. Overnight he and Nick and Phil had put it up and filled it and now the sun was busy warming it.

He sat on the grass laughing as Nia, in a very frilly swimsuit, dipped her hands in and squealed and ran about shaking them and going "brrrrrrrrrrr". The way the temperature was rising it would soon be milk warm and he might even have a paddle himself.

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ilmatar
2010-06-13 11:25 am UTC (link)

Susan walked from the counter of the Mocha with a big ice tea in her hands. Her work shift was starting in half an hour in the laundry room, but she had already changed to the maid uniform since she liked to ease into work slowly by starting with a very cold drink, chatting with the other staff and slipping into her work station.

This time Susan spotted that guy manning the security desk. That guy who dated the chef of La Fee Verte. Vin was a nice guy, Susan felt, a super nice guy with a bright smile, so she couldn't blame Brandon, but it was a curious coupling anyway.

"Morning," Susan greeted him with a wide smile when she came out of the Mocha and walked across the lobby. "What's up?" she asked and stopped by the desk. It didn't hurt talking to him a little more - he was her only way to get more information about Emily Brandon, even though the woman seemed like she was everything but scandal-material.

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essayel
2010-06-13 11:38 am UTC (link)

"Hey, hun," Vincenzo said with a grin. He liked Susan. Some of the maids were really hard to talk to, either because they ignored men who weren't available or because they were, frankly, a little on the dim side. But Susan had a ready wit and he felt could probably have done a fuck-load better for herself if she had found the accommodation so good and the work fairly easy.

"I have absolutely nothing going on. All is well in Manor land as far as security is concerned. How about you? No troublesome tenants I can sort out for you?"

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ilmatar
2010-06-13 12:52 pm UTC (link)

"Other than Mrs. Banks always wanting to serve me cookies when I go there, and Mr. Harris always wanting to watch me clean? Okay, it's a little perverted, but otherwise, no problems at all." Other than the fact that she had not gotten to most of the tenants she had wanted to in the first place, not yet at least. "I'm pretty sure you can't kick anyone's ass for that, sorry to say."

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	essayel 2010-06-13 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Mrs Banks brings us cookies too," Vincenzo said with a chuckle. "God knows what she puts in them. Mr Harris seems okay to me but I've never been shut up with him in his apartment. You've got us on speed dial, haven't you, if you and your feather duster get to be too much of a temptation and he makes a grab?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ilmatar 2010-06-13 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	"The security number was already programmed to the speed dial in the work phone, I noticed," Susan reassured him. She took a long drink of the ice tea, and changed the topic to steer the conversation to another direction. "You got a summer vacation coming up? Any plans? I noticed I'm not getting practically any, I'm too new in the house," she grumbled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-13 11:40 am UTC (link)
	Charlie looked across at Chandika and gave her a wave. "It's still a bit cold," he called. "Give it an hour and it should be fine." Then he gcarried on putting sun screen on Nia's back and shoulders. Little red headed girls didn't need to be red in other places too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	essayel 2010-06-13 11:51 am UTC (link)
	"I wanna go in too," Nia said and Charlie sighed and got up. "It's too cold," he said, "and you must promise not to splash anyone." "I p'omise," Nia said, then shrieked as he picked her up and lowered her in. "Told you so," Charlie said, lifting her out again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)