As I escorted the lady of my choice up to my stateroom Trish asked me why I hadn’t asked her first. I whole heartily apologized and simply said that...the other woman had just been on the way to the one that I really wanted and that I foolishly asked her on my way to Trish. I told her that I shouldn’t have asked her and that I was glad that she hadn’t accepted my offer. She liked my answer and then she said that she too was glad that the other lady had turned me down. I really couldn’t believe. .. if she needed him.The cabin had never seemed quite so small before. He could feel her presence everywhere he turned, brushing up against her needlessly on his way up the steps. Once in the blaze of the setting sun's heat again, Jack shook his head at Lianne's affect on him. He wasn't a schoolboy or some callow youth smitten with the "big city" career woman. He knew what he wanted and what he liked in a woman as well as what he could offer to her.He glanced back down the stairs and caught. Patti,” Sally asked, “there’s something I want to know. What was that stuff about changing the sheets Saturday?”“Well, you always want to change the sheets after guests, don’t you?”“Yeah, all right. But what was that stuff about wet spots?”Patti was playing catch-up. “Well, I’m pretty sure you know about them. You weren’t playing Monopoly in there all night. Anyway, I could hear you.”“Okay, you’re right about that, isn’t she, Kyle?” Kyle grinned, nodded and decided to see where this was going.. She wanted a country place. He's got it. A lot of his work, though, is out of town and overnight. Burt Stanley would take off, leaving behind his wife and toddler, and half the time they'd end up visiting us or somebody else in the community while he was gone.Adrienne and Bobby, the son: A two-year old human being was subject of intense curiosity to Terri and Rachel. Tina and Beck cautioned them about what was considered proper activities with Bobby, and Kara joined the Bobby Fan Club, too,.