RIO<br/><br/>(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/HaibaneR/Rio_Avatar2.jpg)<br/><br/>I came in from the yard (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=50577.msg2406095#msg2406095) to my room, threw my dirty laundry in the basket, showered and changed into fresh jeans and a tee and left my jacket off, it was turning out to be a warm day.<br/><br/>I towelled my hair and shook my head until my shaggy mane flopped about everywhere in a casual mess before slipping on socks and padding out into the main room.<br/><br/>Someone had been cooking.<em>Oh?</em>Middle of the day snacks were not unknown but were rare, I fed these people enough calories to keep combat soldiers on the go after all. Wasn't breakfast enough for them? I scraped away leftovers and put the dishes in the dishwasher and wiped round. I stopped and sniffed. There was a new perfume in the air, unfamiliar... A visitor? I needed to start dinner soon. I checked my weeks menu and remembered I'd chosen for today a big farmhouse lasagne, garlic bread loaves and a monster salad.<br/><br/>I came out of the kitchen, towel in hand to see Ms. Andrews in the main room talking with Ms. Day.<em>What's Ms. Andrews doing here? Isn't she at the clinic today?</em>Just at that moment Ms. Day's cell phone rang and she spoke to it quickly for a moment, just a few words before tucking it away.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Business. Daddy needs me to sort some things out for security. I need to get moving. I doubt I'll be back for a few days,"</em></strong>she said to Ms. Andrews and with that she was past me and gone out the back door. I heard her car start up and the rattle of dust under her tyres as she drove out round the front and over the wooden bridge. Down the drive she gunned the engine and roared away.<br/><br/>I turned to Ms. Andrews and raised an eyebrow. I was just a soldier here, what Ms. Day got up to wasn't my business.<strong>"Need me for anything, Ma'am? If you don't I can start dinner."</strong>