I held my hand out, and he placed the keys into my open palm. He was going on about the options, but I had tuned his irritating voice out. For Pete’... sake, I knew what I had bought and the options I had ordered, he was keeping me from my lover.I had arrived in the States the day before. Both Sally and Mila had seen me off at Heathrow, and it had been a very emotional goodbye. I’d made my travel plans when I’d first been offered the post at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. I was. Emma and I were in the upstairs master, so Emma showed them into the adjacent "junior master." The two lavish bedroom suites each had king beds, a sitting area, and full bath, with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that looked out over the beach below to the ocean. The bedrooms shared a large deck that ran the width of the house, divided by a large hot tub.Our new friends and guests were suitably impressed. "Hell of a view, sir" Jake opined. I told him I was in complete agreement and explained that. She told me I would have to wait; she did not have me down for an appointment. I wait 45 minutes, when the attorney came out of his office, and asked if I was Mr. Wilson. I said yes, and we went into his office. He asked me why I was late. I told him that I had been cooling my heels in his outer office for almost an hour. Then I told him about his receptionist. Before I could get up he tried to tell me that she was a temp, and today was her first and last day, his normal girl would be back. " This sounds good," Scooter grinned. "Who's this Michelle?" Michelle is one of the boatmen on the trip ahead of us," Al explained. "In fact, she's the senior boatman in the company after Louise and me." Nobody ever believes it, either," Jerry smirked. "Too bad we won't be running with her till fall, probably." Boy, that's the truth," Al laughed. "Scooter, Michelle started running as a swamper at the age of fifteen. I don't usually start kids that young, but her folks were both Canyon Tours.