He couldn’t help but notice neither the colonel nor Ellis acknowledge Andre’s presence.“If you will excuse us for one second, Colonel,” Ellis ...aid and after a nod from Vasili, lightly gripped Taylor’s arm and led him to the far side of the room, without the translator.“I have been working on fixing this mess since it came across my desk yesterday.” He said, his toothy grin replaced by a smirk and his voice dripping with condescension. “I know you got Washington in some sort of tizzy over this,. What hotel? Kathy asked in surprise. Oh, its new. My father and uncle just opened it about two months ago and word hasnt gotten out much. The name is Island Inn. They only have a dozen rooms but its right on the beach and the tiki bar has already become the favorite island hangout. Why, where are you staying? The travel agent booked me into a little bed and breakfast there. Oh no! she girl said with a laugh, You dont want to stay there. That old lady will drive you crazy. Would you like for me. He's just as board with our marriage as I am." You're wrong Edith." I don't believe you." I was there, that night in Turkey. You have no idea the fear I saw in Terry's eyes when he couldn't get a hold of you on the phone. He was in shock because he didn't know if you were hurt, in trouble, or worse. He felt helpless because there was nothing he could do from halfway around the world. Bailey used that fear to get him drunk. Bailey played us both and I think he did it because he wanted to break. It had been very slow for the previous couple of weeks and really dead that day, but that was understandable. It was a Friday and only two days until the new year began. There were four of us working and I was really supposed to have left a couple of hours before. I could use the extra money in my pay check though and had volunteered to stay over for a bit. Get more cleaning done on the third floor. It had taken almost three months, working in what small snatches of time I could, but everything.