"Oh, you." Yes, her!" Hope mumbled."Has she relaxed enough to do anything more than kiss you yet?" Caerys asked, turning on Shawna."Leave here alone, ...ys!" Alison admonished, letting go of Hope long enough to nudge her sister's shoulder."I'm only asking!" What about you?" Hope wondered. "Did you find anyone in Dundee?" One a week!" Alison muttered."Hey!" Caerys objected, and Alison poked her tongue out, the pair of them devolving into laughter as they drew to a halt by a heavy, wrought-iron. There was a mini-bar off to right the side, and a set of French-doors to the left. One of the doors stood open, and Faith could see the edge of the bed beyond.“Would you like a drink?” Hunter asked, removing his jacket, heading to the bar.“Um… Sure. What do they have?”“Rum, and Vodka. And some mixers.”“I’ll take a rum and Coke.”Hunter fixed up the drinks, and brought them over to the seating area. Faith sat down on one of the sofas, across from him, her right leg over her left.“You said you. Occasionally, she gave song recitals. Now she rarely does. She lives in Doebling. We have a daughter. We walked to the Imperial Cafe for post-concert refreshment. We both ordered sausages and white wine. Louise reminded me that it was but two weeks til Christmas and that children deserved gifts. At that point the head waiter came over.“Excuse me, your grace, gracious lady.”“Yes?”“We are quite crowded, yet Maestro Mahler and his wife have arrived...”I looked at Louise. “Please invite the Maestro. Once she was away from him, the humiliation and embarrassment of her nakedness took over.She struggled with the awkwardness of walking naked to get the charcoal briquettes and load them in the grille. Her face reddened again as she had to bend over to light the fire. The cool air that hit her between her legs and her breasts swinging free from her reminded her what the men could see. She tried to present a defiance she did not have as she brought the plastic plates with the grilled steaks to.