. attracted to her. I need adult companionship, ' she thought mulling over her motives. 'The kids are great and I love 'em to death but a relationship...... a friendship ... it's ... it's different ... I need that kind of social outlet'If that's all it was, companionship, it wouldn't have made her feel the way she was feeling and she knew it. She was attracted to miz Ferguson on another level—a level that made her nervous and excited all at once.Jessi's eyes cleared and she made it to her desk by. I was trying to lighten the man up. He seemed very depressed.He chuckled at this to my surprise and decided that since the rest of us choose the person who had sat in as our recorders at the meeting, he would too. He got a general look of approval by the others.While we would probably discuss business, nothing would be written. However, our recorders would have a good idea what to expect to be issues that would come up in the morning. It would make things easier for them.The food was. I stayed down by the pool for another half hour or so enjoying the heat of the sunshine on my skin, then decided to go to my room to get some cash for an ice cream. I walked out onto the balcony where I'd left my purse and heard some moaning and groaning coming from the partly open patio door to their room. Not sure what it was I peeked through the gap in the blinds. What I saw was imprinted like a scar on my brain. My mum was knelt on the bed totally naked, her knees either side of Carl's face. He swung their craft down, as close as he dare, sweeping its nose from side to side, hoping their stun beam would stop the attackers.It did. No one anticipated what followed.Scattered about the building, the four attackers staggered and fell unconscious. Their hands relaxed. The dead-man switches triggered. Four suicide vests packed with outer layers of shrapnel—ball bearings, nuts, and nails—exploded. Anyone within range of the fallen attackers was cut to pieces. Office walls were shredded;.