Stewart, good luck in your future endeavours." Thank you professor, I've enjoyed the class very much," I responded.I took the novella and left the roo... to go meet Steph. I found her waiting inside the doors and we joined the line-up for the food."I got my novella back and I don't have to go next class," I told her."How did you do?" she asked.I opened the front cover and read the brief note and the grade below it."She says she really liked it and gave it a ninety three," I said. "Look who is back ladies! John! Come and give me a hug man!"His name is Jerry. He is the owner of the place you visited every night since your arrival on thisIsland. Not that the drinks were cheaper than elsewhere nor the girls prettier but Jerry madeyou feel at home with his large smile and his way of treating you like if you had always beenthe best of friends.Waiting for a big truck to pass by before you cross the street, you see a kid running after a ballin front of you. In an heroic act. We'll look around and then take in the Adirondack Museum. After that, we'll stop at Blue Mountain Lake. There are gift stores there and a nice restaurant."The women looked at one another, weighing their options, and communicating through a system of pheromones that only women even know exist."Sounds good—let's go," they sang out in unison, and then disappeared into their bedrooms to change clothes."Wow!" exclaimed Charlie, "That was slick." Never underestimate the power of shopping to divert. The sun beaming through the bay window of her flat and a failed air conditioning unit made sure she stayed there. Quite frankly, she might as well have been in a fan-assisted oven. Being utterly lazy, most of the time, today she decided on just a tee shirt and a pair of plain black panties, both of which drench by her sweat and clung to her skin. Somehow she had managed to sleep comfortably through the heat, especially since her hand had fell into a half melted bucket of ice cream by the side.