Okay, true. No one had recommended this place; she had decided on it all byher little blonde self. But it seemed so sensible at the time! She'd won th...damned airline tickets and a week's free stay for herself and Kevin in thehoneymoon suite at the Princess Xarnia Luxury Casino Resort and Health Spawith her winning essay on the subject: ?Why My Lover and I Deserve a Vacationon idyllic Paradise Island.? Of course they weren't exactly on their honeymoon(since they weren't exactly married), but. V. for a while. 'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'."Somehow I am starting to think Gerty thinks I am that ghost. Did I get myself into something I shouldn't have? If or more likely when she does, will she be upset with me for touching or messing with her things? This cleaning her half's is, of course, gonna stop when she gets back to her place, then by the absence of clean and sparkling halfs, she will know it was me cleaning them. It is what it is. She may pull some Columbo logic on me to find out.The. Taking a few deep breaths, a stack of books draws my attention. Stepping carefully, I make my way to them and smile as I look at the dates inside. 1942, 1946, 1925, 1915. Shaking my head, I move away, and go to the next treasure. Stepping into the sunlight outside the barn door I take another deep breath, willing the tears to stay down. This is how it must be. The rock of the family is gone, so here we all are, rummaging through her things, rifling through papers and receipts, deciding what’s. What did she want? What did any of them want? This was a case where Ned's warning, 'take a pass, ' applied. Ruby's expectations were written all over her face. I'd made some mistakes in the past, but I'd also made a few right choices.Alice's words, 'be wary' had guided me well. Caroline, the auto rental person, had her sights set on lassoing a rich husband while Gladys, the pizza girl, had no such expectations. I very wisely 'passed' on Caroline. Gladys was different. I took a chance on her and.