"That's right," Loda reinforced."Should I get started?" No! Cleaners are just paid to stand around and look pretty," Lodarejoined.Kurt felt slightly ...ntimidated by her remark before he began to sweepthe floor under Loda's scrutinizing gaze.Loda shook her head at Kurt as he started to sweep."What?" Kurt asked."You just started where you were standing." So?" There's no rhyme or reason to it. Where do you start, where do youend?" What should I have done?" Either start from one side and work. .what was her name? "How wonderful to see you,Billy. How are things for you?" Great," he said. "Rachel and I have been married for15 years. We have two kids." [yadda, yadda]It was like a trip back in time. And a reminder of howgood my life was in the present. Billy was nice, butSam made me happy. Still, I couldn't resist when Billyinvited me over to one of the vacant cots. For oldtimes' sake.It was good, cummy fun, but I wasn't about to make ita regular thing with Billy. For lots of reasons.I. Looking up at me with a very contented smile on her face. I don't know how long she had been awake, but she had let me sleep."Good morning lover." Good morning my beautiful, sweet lady." I can't get enough of you telling me I am beautiful, even when I know you are lying." Never!" She laughed."Dear David. I have just woken up. I cannot be beautiful at this moment, It will take me at least an hour putting on all the slap to achieve that miracle." Beauty comes from within, and you are beautiful.. The lady had just been for a dip in the sea and the man, who was engrossed in his newspaper, had barely acknowledged her return. In fact everyone around her seemed equally oblivious to her presence. I looked at her and wondered if, in her youth, she might once have been subject to the same rapt attention that Kelly commanded.We decided to go for a swim and so we picked our way down to the water's edge. Kelly was ahead of me and as she waded out into the crystal clear sea I could see how her.