And Barnett is irate with good reason." Barnett?" I asked."Colin Barnett is the Premier of Western Australia, Pat. Anyroad, I think that Colin Barnett...has hit the nail pretty well on the head with his assessment of the reality of the situation. Far from being behind the rest of Australia in his thinking, he is well ahead of it. Who cares indeed what is happening in the Eastern States, I surely don't. The only point he makes that I have some issue with is the skills shortage. We should have a. I've lived a lie all my life." We all have." Elisabeth gestured with sympathy. "Want to fill me in?"Karen snapped her mind back to reality and answered. "Sure. But first, can you tell me why you went to the tent. You were supposed to be taking a hot bath. Remember?" She already knew the answer to her question, but she wanted Elisabeth to reflect on the answer herself."Don't know." Was Elisabeth's simple response as she shrugged her shoulders."Hmmm ... you don't know? Come now. Surely there must. I have several new recipes that I want to try, and I've e-mailed Stefanos on the availability of certain items," replied Carla."I can't wait," stated Kim, with a big smile on her face.It was a pleasant evening as they ate outside on the deck. Alex made sure everyone's wine glass was kept full."You'll have all day tomorrow to recover. We'll be flying out early the following day to New York to connect to our flight to Athens," stated Alex. "Be sure to have something good to read, it's a long. "It's my favorite." Oh." I shrugged at that as the valet opened my door.The club was exactly as I remembered, like I'd never left, except I was with Stacy now instead of Gary. Her intention, obviously, was to get picked up by a guy and while I'd been unwilling to admit the same, just the fact that I was there seemed proof of my own willingness to cheat on my husband. Still, I liked pretending that I wasn't interested and even telling myself that same thing, working hard to rationalize what I.