"Something dark and sweet."He left her to go to the bar of dark wood and brass that was next to the large plate glass windows looking out over the bay... The sun was still up, but the sky was dimming towards dusk. She saw lightning in the distance, but the sky around the island was clear."Ms. Cortez, you look stunning," a man's voice said. She turned and saw an older man wearing a general's costume as elaborate as her own. He had salt and pepper hair, tan wrinkled skin, and a wry smile on his. ‘I am sorry my Lord, I didn’t realise that you were in here else I should not have allowed Mr. Smith and his helper to come in.’ I blanched. This was the Earl! ‘Shelton, it is of no matter. I am sure that Mr. Smith and his daughter will take tea with me. Serve it in the drawing room.’ The footman retired giving me yet another black look as he did so. ‘Do forgive me, My Lord, for addressing you incorrectly.’ I was distraught for not realising who he was. ‘Well, Miss Smith, as we were in such a. Then came Tanya...Tanya worked for a friend of mine. She had just broken up with her ex-husband and needed a place to stay while she got her life back together.Bill suggested that she ask me, as I have a 3 bedroom house and no ties.I hesitated at first, she was half my age being in her early 20s and Ididn't want to get involved, but she assured me that she just needed aplace to get back on her feet and move forward. A relationship of anykind was out of the question at this point.. Still, I. Cappa, beforespeaking up. ?Gentlemen, please settle down and give Miss Cummings yourbreakfast order so we may get this meeting underway. Go ahead MissCummings, I?m sure you know how this is handled, and please do itquickly."Alan never felt so belittled as he opened his pad, walking up to everyperson one at a time, quietly taking their coffee and breakfast order asMr. Cappa began lecturing. It was beyond humiliating as his colleaguesthat knew who he was were enjoying this to no end, and the.