Chris smiled. "I'm ok, I guess. Is there anything wrong?"The only other person in the studio was Mark, the technician. He wassetting up a guitar mic a...d a vocal mic in front of a chair."Wrong? No, why?" Alan grabbed his iPad off of a music stand and startedscrolling through his notes."Well... I don't know... why did you call just me down here?" Because I need just you. Chrissie, you work for me now. I am your boss.This is a business and I call who I need when I need them. Is that. " The only slightly chubby Realtor suggested."Do you realize that it is 9:15 in the morning, and you just showed up at me door. You could at least say good morning." I replied."Jennifer said that being this early wouldn't be a problem. She also said, if I caught you half dressed that you wouldn't mind that either."At that point Kate smiled at me. It was one of those smiles. The old me might have done things differently, but the new me wanted a cup of coffee more than to have sex. Of course. When the men were seated in a relatively normal instruction formation on the barracks floor, Captain Prawit, Lieutenant Chatchai, and I brought out a number of the new carbines to pass around for the men to look at while I explained about them, their ammunition, and how they functioned.During this explanation, there was a sudden bright flash of light which was accompanied by a loud clap of thunder. It startled everyone since there had been no signs of rain when we had started, but it was the. Karen smiled at the thought and wanted to share it with Rajesh, but he was intensely scanning the placards. After their third circuit of the line, which had thinned considerably by that time, he dropped the bags and put his hands on his hips, frustrated."I don't understand. Munshiji said he was sending a car. It should be here." It's okay, Raj. There's a car rental right over there."She pointed at the Avis Rent-a-Car booth, but he was already pulling out his cell phone, punching in the numbers..