On the rug are also a mixture of toys and food stuffs along with two wine glasses and a bottle of Blossom Hill, White Zinfandel in an ice bucket. She ...ours you both a glass of the wine and hands one to you, sending sparks of electricity down your body as your hand brushes hers. You smile at each other and speak for the first time… After you have lay there talking a while, she reaches out for the strawberries in the glass bowl at your side and taking one between her thumb and forefinger dips it. He tells her he has been promoted to Regional Sales Director and she was taking his place with a 100 percent increase in salary. I am to start training you tomorrow. He says be here in your office tomorrow at 8:00, that’s it for now you're excused. Wendy walks back to her desk in a trance her friends gathered at her desk Joan asks are you okay, Wendy doesn't answer, Sara says you didn't get fired did you, Wendy shakes her head no, and says Mr. Drake got promoted, they want me to take his place.. A shower of water droplets cascaded down on her from the branches of a low bush. It was still dark, but the cloudy sky was beginning to lighten in the east. Slowly, painfully, the events of the night came back to her. Memories of fear, of waves of panic that had sprung from nowhere.She trembled at the painful memory, but already her mind was at work, trying to come up with a reasonable explanation. The terror had struck at the very moment that the priest had died on her knife, pouncing in time. ”“Where are you from?”“Kentucky. Bluegrass State!”“Welcome to Idaho!”Pip appeared. “Hey there! I’m Pip Can I help you. I’ll get you another in a sec, Jim.”“I’m Doug. I want whatever he’s having and put it all on my tab,” the big spender took out a credit card.“Sure thing,” Pip smiled.“You didn’t have to,” Jim started.“It’s cool. I’m writing it all off,” confessed Doug.When Pip came back with the drinks, he said, “Here you go. So where are you from Doug?”“I was telling Jim here I’m from the.