She greeted me with a hug and a lingering kiss when i knocked on her door. We swiftly arranged platters and servers and set up the small bar area. giv...ng me the occasional brushes and teases that soon had me straining inside my jeans. Though we had played together many times online, never in the flesh, but had met several times for lunch or drinks, or just to spend time, I wondered if tonight might mean something different.She shooed me into the spare room, telling me to get dressed in my suit,. ‘It’s about three miles from Miami, No bridges, just a ferry, or private boat to reach it. And the people living there are among the richest in the country. That means there is a certain risk of heavy, and I mean heavy heat from going in and killing some people, maybe a lot of people if he has guests, or some assholes get in the way.’ ‘I don’t care how many people we have to kill,’ Gentner yelled. ‘Me neither,’ the Tall Man laconically replied, ‘but getting off the fucking island without. ‘Don’t feel sorry for yourself. You’re busy and happy and so’s she, and when you want her she’ll be there. Me too. We’re all pretty lucky.’ She rubbed her head against my shoulder and I felt her relax. ‘Tears of happiness mostly, Luke. Seeing her so alive and so in love and doing what she wants to: it’s wonderful. There’s a tiny part of me that’s jealous though. When I compare her with myself at that age, it seems unfair.’ ‘If you hadn’t done what you did there’d be no Uli, and I wouldn’t have. A couple of students from auto-shop even helped with the painting. That had happened on Friday afternoon. The painters had actually painted the bodies of all 16 chairs by Saturday evening. Today was Sunday and the final re-assembly was underway.Tony had ordered hundreds of parts. New casters, wheels, seatbacks, and cushions were there along with things he would never have thought of but were suggested by the manufacturer; like brakes and the rubber handles used to push the chairs. In the end.