”My mind flashed back to earlier that day. Right after lunch, I’d decided to stay in the hotel room because it was too hot outside. I’d read for...a while and then accidentally fallen asleep. I’d left Val alone on her own for almost three hours. When I went out to find her, she was lying under a sun umbrella, and she wasn’t very talkative, to say the least. I figured she was angry at me for having left her on her own for so long.“She’s pretty good at it.” Said Ollie cheerfully.I looked at Val,. It took time to adjust to the change in culture, most obvious was shopping for foods they didn’t have, brands they’d never heard of, tasting and testing out foods I’d never come across before. I did manage to find a young woman to handle the housekeeping, not that I needed anyone right then, well, except for not wanting to keep up with dusting a whole load of rooms I didn’t need, use or want. Mirella was another lawyer found part of my life, her mother’s sister being a secretary at the lawyers. " He paused for a moment, and she remained silent. "I love you mom, and I've missed you. Until you left, I never realized how much of a comfort it was, just knowing that you were always around. When you abandoned me, I... I..."The hitch in his voice as he held back tears finally broke her resolve, and she rolled to face him, holding her arms out to him. He gratefully climbed onto the bed, and into her loving embrace."It's not your fault, son. I should have told you what was happening. Why. Megan told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend right before she left because neither one of them wanted to do a long distance relationship. Even though she had seemed kind of mopey and aloof at first, when she was talking to me she pepped up and was all bubbly and happy, well, as bubbly as anyone can be at the ungodly hour of 6 in the morning...It was my job to train her on grill, basically, making the food. She told me that she worked at a McDonalds back at her old house, but she.