Once I got home I went upstairs to the sound of the shower with some music on in our bedroom. Then I saw her phone on the bed and noticed some texts. ... read what seemed to be an arangement between her and a new friend. As she came out of the shower she looked surprised but played it down and asked how come I was home early? I told her how work was done and he gave us the rest of the day off. She contined to get dressed and mentioned how if she knew I was coming home, she would stay home. I. I managed to set up a secure line conversation with my old friend Demetri Stavros who was stashed away in one of the spas along the Black Sea and he graciously allowed me use of his luxury cruiser with the engines that made it faster than the Interpol drug enforcement ships that scoured the coastlines of the Mediterranean looking for illegal cargo. The ship was tied up at a marina just outside Athens and all I had to do was to get a ride from Livorno to Athens. The airports were out of the. " Good thinking Maxine. I think we will all be ready to go right after breakfast."Maxine gave our bus driver the addresses of the two lots, and then we followed her to the first lot.Once again, she gave all of us data sheets and described the property. Frank and I were nodding yes to each other. We liked what we saw; even if it was a good bit larger than we had intended buying. Then it was back on the bus, and off to the second lot. The second lot was only two miles from the first, and we. I didn't sleep particularly well that night with everything on my mind. Ihad the pill bottles in my suitcase and in a way they were calling to me.Add to that Mom wanted to get up early and we were in the line waitingfor the stores to open at 6AM for all the bargains. Yes it was fun and Idid get some of my Christmas shopping done. Maybe it didn't help solvingmy dilemma but it did take my mind off it for a bit. We got home by midafternoon and to be honest I took a little nap then. I was up.