Let me know if you take a belt to her, tomorrow. We’ll compare notes.” Chuckling darkly, he climbed behind the wheel and steered the Ford F-450 do...n Garrett’s gravel drive. He tooted twice at the road, and was gone.“I’ll never trust you again,” he muttered. “As if any 15-year-old can be trusted.” He was 15 when he’d knocked up Alyssa’s 14 year old mother.Shrugging off the mess out back until morning, he went inside and spent half an hour straightening the porch, stacking the empty plastic cups. Once again she spent the night in The Blue Room. But this time the pair did breakfast together."So you are still set on visiting the Barrier Reef?" asked Alexander."Oh, yes! I suppose you wouldn't care to come? Maybe you have a private jet?" I am far too busy, alas. And I don't run to a private jet, I'm afraid. The Rolls is mine and another, but I own no other transport. When you return, perhaps you'll be able to answer my question of last night?"The question referred to had been a proposal of. ’ ‘What’s wrong, Izzy?’ She smiled when she saw the other woman stiffen when she heard that silly nickname. ‘Did he send you away from his quarters last night cuz he didn’t want you? Was that why you were cryin’ like a little baby, bawling your little eyes out when you rushed to your room and locked the door?’ Isabella’s sapphire blue eyes turned to stone as she glared at the other woman. To hear that name, that horrible nickname that Charles used on her coming from the other woman’s mouth made. She sat at her desk that faced the window. Where are the men? she asked the high-rise offices on the other side of the street, shaking her head. It was then that her mobile phone rang and it was Pippa.“Hi!” Pippa chirped, “you not going out for some lunch today?”Jennie started to tell Pippa the story about Mark in accounts when suddenly her eyes were distracted. The ropes outside of the window on the 25th floor had been there for what seemed like ages. They must have moved before but she had.