“I think they’ll all sleep tonight, your rum punches plus the wine over dinner and the travelling has just about knocked them out. I’m taking th... girls down to Bridgetown tomorrow shopping.”“I’ll hang out with the lads until you get back; I still want to know what happened to Dave and Dick at the wedding.”“They’ll be talking about my sister you know,” she said sounding peeved.“Yes, I wonder which side of the family you girls got your sex drive from?”The boys were all around the pool, drinking. Heathcliff in the flesh. Wet your panties dark and handsome. He was young, too, she saw. She estimated by the lack of grey and the smooth unlined skin on his face that he was only a couple of years older than she was, but he could have been older, too. What took her aback, what surprised her was just how tall he was. He was well over six feet tall, maybe even two inches over. Alex had thought Harold was big at five feet, seven inches, as tall as Daddy. But now, Alex had to tip her head back to. He loved looking at them, he loved being near them, heloved fantasizing about them. Jim Thorpe was also 35 yearsold.Jim was in heaven because his wife had gotten a migraineheadache this morning and said that she wouldn't be able togo down to the beach with him and their daughter, Jennifer.Secretly, Jim thanked his lucky stars for that. Now hecould lay here on the beach and watch all the cute daughter running around and playing on the sand. And his wifewouldn't be there to wonder what he was. Her makeup was flawlessly applied and her fingernails freshly manicured. Matilda Harper rarely dressed down. She didn’t even like to wear sneakers. She wore only expensive walking shoes. Rosanna sat next to her on the nearby sofa. Mattie turned to face her. “Mattie, I’m so sorry I missed our dinner engagement. I really did hurt my knee.” Rosanna said lamely. Mattie looked down at Rosanna’s knee. She spotted a large bruise and gasped. “Rosanna! Oh my gosh. Does that hurt?” She reached out to.