. and unconscious.He leaned down and brushed his lips across hers. He concentrated on the feel of that ... her warm lips soft and pliable ... her scen... clean and sweet. He kissed her lips harder, feeling both the thrill of it and guilt at abusing his patient. He pulled back, feeling shame.Her eyes were open, staring at him."I'm sorry," he gasped.She blinked, and licked her lips. Her mouth made sticky noises and he realized her throat was too dry to speak. He got the water pitcher off his dry. The employees of Grimes & Pinard started showing up, some with flowers, some with donuts or croissants, some just with best wishes and moral support. They assured Eddy and Tamara that whatever Margo and Carol needed, they had only to call. Over the course of the afternoon every single employee of the firm showed up, with the exception of Rhonda, the receptionist, who sent her best wishes and a fruit basket and said she'd be by as soon as she could but that she figured there ought to be somebody. I could see a figure moving across the yard between the hospital and the outbuilding. The figure was a woman, I could tell that much from where I was. All in white, presumably one of the nurses. She looked as if she was carrying something. She stopped at the door and after a short pause went in. "That's good enough for me," said Harry. "That's where we'll find her ladyship." Harry," I said, "I'm happy to bow to your judgement but I imagine there plenty of nurses going backwards and forwards. ." she started to say."Nevermind, I already gave it all to Mrs. Thompson to type up. I couldn't find you and didn't know if you were going to get it done in time. This is a huge account and my tail is on the line if it falls through," he said."I'm sorry, Sir." Crystal, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. And it isn't fair for me to have to give your work to someone else to do because you are off doing something someplace else. You don't even tell me when you are.