I went to my office, Janet was there and I found out she would bereturning to London with me.The next day was the day of the board meeting; it was the... I found outthat Jon had gone out on a limb for me, bullying the board intoaccepting me, so there was a certain amount of animosity!The presentation went well and I answered all the questions thrown at meI think the board's attitude to me softened because it was voted throughand the funds made available for me to implement the plans.God, how I. I'm sorry Peter. You tried your best and it did not work."All that suffering for nothing. Now what? I guess work and loneliness is in my future. I've been burned twice. Not sure I have it in me to try again.The ladies came from the kitchen and sat down one on each side of me.Cindy handed me a snifter. "Here drink Peter, not that it will make you feel better about what happened but you should enjoy the moment. You have caring friends and a company to run. Things will work out. You'll be hurting. " She said back; "make sure you lock up and leave the porch light on for me sweetie" and I agreed.She looked at me with a serious look in her eyes; "I want you to know that I have taken down the mileage of your car so don't even think about driving it" She had a glass of wine and smoked a couple cigarettes and kissed me on the cheek when she left about 5:00 for the evening. I was getting my bag ready and was about to leave when the phone rang. It was my buddy Jason and he told me his brother. It says it’s like a 20-minute ride.”“Okay.”“We can be ready and request the ride by 9:45 then just to be on the safe side.”“Sounds good to me.”The married couple finished their meal and went back to their room. They showered together getting amorous along the way.Abdel put on a powder blue sport coat over a white dress shirt. He wore tan flat-front slacks and a pair of burgundy Deer Stags penny loafers.Kareem donned an emerald green Suitmeister three-piece slim fit sue suit with a white.