"Harry is probably on his second drink trying to keep those heathens from coming downstairs to where all the goodies are. Merry Christmas everyone." M...rry Christmas Ellen, Karen," Katie and Amy said almost in unison."You hold down the fort here and I'm going to start in the rooms. You might want to pull up those records and give'em a look."In the room at the end of the hall were two heart catheterization patients who had come up late yesterday and would be leaving tomorrow or the next day once. .I didn’t say it, but I’m sure she heard it anyway. She shrugged. “I could hardly fail to learn domestic stuff, the way I was brought up. Actually, I enjoy it. Steve, I never said I never wanted to be a wife. I just wanted to choose who and when.”“Yeah. You said something like that. Seriously, though, my mother made sure I was a fair baker, but you’ve got me beat.”“Thanks.”“After tea, an opportunity for laundry, that sort of thing. We’ll stop overnight, either in the south Lakes or the Dales,. No husband in the picture for some time now, between work and home and raising a son, there really had been no time for meeting anyone. Now that her son was finally in high school Jan decided that she just had to try to make time for herself so she looked at the adult ads and came across one with a couple. That appeared safe enough at least, less likely at least to pick up a stalker if they are already a couple. But here she was, looking sultry and confident, Jan was certainly ready for. “Oh no, I saw him first.” Jeff stood on the fringes of the hiking group, speaking to the attorney in charge of his biological mother’s estate. As he hung up, he realized that he was being watched. He looked at the women, and in an instant his stomach dropped to his feet, his pulse raced, and he felt dampness sprout in his palms. It was her. He approached on unsteady feet. “Ladies, ready for the hike?” Tracey’s intake of breath was sharp and rendered her speechless, but the other woman was.