We areat quite an early stage of development and for regulatory and otherreasons there is a need to keep much of what we are doing secret, sothese are...not ideal circumstances in which to obtain funding."Victoria's explanation was interrupted by a jovial shout from thereturning Tony. "Giving away all of our secrets are you Vicky?" he saidwith a laugh as he took his seat. "Not to worry, I've got you on such atight contract that I'd sue you for everything, right down to your sexylittle panties.". ‘This is stupid. I could be drinking mojitos and listening to Latin music right now.’ I lay back down beside her and pull a little of the blanket over me. I smile as I hear the soft sounds of the frogs and crickets start to fill the night. Then the twinkling lights of fireflies begin to pop up here and there. ‘Wish I had my cell phone but no… I had to leave it in the car! Probably going to have a huge back log of calls to look through in the morning.’ Finally after a hundred ‘huffs’ I hear her. I noted a curtained alcove, which I took to be the captain’s sleeping berth. There were surprising touches of a woman’s hand in the décor of the cabin, such as tastefully arranged cushions, with a definite scent of attar of roses on the drapery concealing the captain’s bed.Hands was a large, imposing, man of some sixty years of age, his weather-beaten complexion testifying he had spent most of those years at sea. In fact he had first visited India when a ten year- old cabin boy.“In them days,”. "I have some matters to discuss and there won't be time tomorrow, because I have an early flight."This was good news to Brian. An early flight meant that she would not have time to tour the apartment building or the businesses. "I hope you'll have time for breakfast," he said.They were no sooner inside the room when she jumped him, threw her arms around him, and swarmed his lips with hers. Did she think he was Nelson, and had another fantasy to play out?Brian had all the buttons on her blouse.