Things went well in Denver, and I soon convinced a couple of small businesses there to sign contracts that would pay very well. I finished my business...there and boarded the plane that would take me to Springfield, where I would rent a car to take us down to Eureka Springs. I was totally unaware that my luggage found it way onto a different flight, which would take it halfway around the world. I was arguing with the airlines about my lost luggage when Shelly arrived from Chicago. She managed to. I againlooked in the mirror to see an image, which now made me almost tremble.With my hair newly brushed and my face still made up, the sight of myselfstanding dressed as I was with the sexily clad maid at my back unclaspingmy brassiere seemed a dream. She delicately took the each ribboned strapbetween her beautifully manicured fingertips and pushed them down overthe curve of my shoulders. As she pressed her bosom against the now bareskin of my back, she glided her hands down around my neck and. Dan slipped and nearly fell coming out of the shower, adding to his irritation. This had better be good, he knew that much! He put on his most casual outfit, a bathrobe, undershirt, boxers, and house slippers, quite deliberately imitating The Dude from the Big Lebowski. He even put on the shades. It was a riot! Anyone who dealt with Dan would deal with The Dude now, right, even if he wasn’t quite Jeff Bridges.Finally answering the door, he found to his extreme annoyance that it was Alycen, his. Not my favorite things, but I was starved, so I managed to get the grits down.Lucas arrived a half hour later just after my pan bath. It seemed that I was taking a lot of those lately. I was likely to take a least one more. "That is one heavy watch," Lucas said handing me the red jewelry case."Yes it is," I said. He didn't sound as though he had looked inside, so I didn't elaborate. I put the box in my beside table without looking inside. I knew what was in the box, so I didn't need to look..