”I looked into her eyes and said, “No way! I am not going to drop you anywhere.”She looked at me puzzled. “Why? You already helped me a lot. I...don’t want to bother you more.”The waiter brought us two bowls of lemon water to wash hands. I dip my hand in the hot water and said, “Look Padmini! We both have some unfinished work, which I started ten years back and I want to finish it now.”“What do you mean?”“Let me be frank. We are grown-ups and mature. I cannot play any more games to impress you.. "Go in, but try to be quiet." Patrick, we've got to be quiet now." 'Kay."There were some chairs near the door, so I sat down with Patrick on my lap. But our presence hadn't gone unnoticed and at the first break Sue said "Gordy?" Yes ... and Patrick." Hi, Patrick." Hi, Sue." Have you heard, Gordy?" No. Nothing. As I told you, we were having guests for dinner..." Patrick interrupted."Ag'tha and 'Gus." Right. Now try to be quiet. And then we washed up and came here." Well, come up, we'll put a. Not a dismissal then..?’“Good morning Sven. Lucy tells me you’re doing very well just now.”My only thought, apart from surprise at this comment, was the smarmy git wants something.Mr Granger went on, “There’s a short conference at which some new technology is being demonstrated, and we both think that you have the expertise to decide whether it would be of use to us. It’s quite expensive but may well be able to allow us to streamline and save time on some of the processes we currently use. It’s. She remembered the first time she came out here. The cold wind was blowing in off the water, pushing the heat back in land.Behind her were the sounds of the party still going on. She turned to look and should still see the dull glow of the dance floor just behind the rise of the sand dunes.Like ghosts the figures came over the rise, clothing dropping like autumn leaves. Laughing voices charging towards the surf.Bare skin dimpling at the first touch of the cold salt water, the sound of splashing.