He’d have told Julias in good faith, and even Antoinette; they’d have kept it to themselves, for a while at least. But with no way to avoid having...Maria and Michael interrogating him, it was simply not possible for him to keep his change a secret. But the fact it could talk to him, he could keep to himself. For now.“I’m pretty high up in the Invictus ranks, Mom. Invictus being my covenant, my ... political group, sort of. Lot of responsibilities. But hey, I make a six figure salary now.” That. "But trustme, it will be fun!" "It's ok", I said, "I trust your judgement!" "Great," he said, "it will be wonderful evening... especiallyfor Stephen, I think! It will be something he will never forget!" Tim asked Roos and me already to wear our uniforms, so we went upstairs,and changed our clothing. Then we had some work to do. Roos bought a lot ofdelicious snacks for the evening, so we had to do some preparation in the kitchen.Tim gave us some instructions on what to do when Stephen came. At. We got into the canoes about 9:00 a.m., and proceeded to paddle until about noon. Then we pulled our canoes onto shore at a large clearing, and had lunch. The plan was to stay there about an hour and a half to rest, and then continue down the river to reach the landing point about 4:00. Obviously, the shore was thick with fit young bodies, both male and female. I was horny. The mildly strenuous paddling combined with so many nice bodies, had lit my fires, and I asked Mark if he wanted to go for. "Dave! I'm so glad you could come!" she said as she leaned in and wrapped her arms around me, kissing me lightly on both cheeks. Her sweet perfume drifted into my nose and I had the resist the urge to bury my face in her hair."I brought this for you – I hope you can put it to good use" I said, handing her the gift bag I had just purchased. It was Italian liquor, appropriate considering her heritage."Oh, thank you. You are too sweet! The bar is in the garage and there's lots of food. I'm afraid.