He knew he had done so little to earn it. His choice of them had been because he was attracted to their youth and blatant display of sexuality. He rat...er doubted that even with the knowledge that they would have been incompatible he could have resisted the temptation to take at least one of them with him just to have their nubile body to slake his lust upon. That thought made James want to retreat to his study and not face the people he had dragged into danger with him. For he could not. ’ Elizabeth raised an inquisitive eyebrow, willing her to continue. ‘Last night…I was really upset…I guess I wanted to prove you were a fraud. So I went through your stuff and found your work file…’ Elizabeth straightened. ‘I see,’ she said, sounding a little too cold for Lianne’s liking. ‘I’m so sorry…I know it was wrong of me to look at all your professional papers and documents….god, I really screwed up big time.’ Elizabeth sighed shortly. ‘You know what, forget it. It was my fault really. I. "Why couldn't they makethis stupid thing not during school? I can't miss tomorrow but I reallyso wanted to audition. All I'm supposed to do is show up and sign inuntil they call me. Why would they make this during school hours." Well, remember it's your choice and they do it then because that's whenpeople work honey. They're not worried about your classes. It's abusiness," said their mother explaining. "I told you I'd call you outfor one day but it's your choice." I know mom and I'm fine with. She looked at the store fronts and the people passing by. Stopped by a few stores, bought a new pair of shoes, even did the proverbial ‘stop & smell the flowers’ at a flower shop. Yet still Naomi found no ending to her story. As evening approached and she walked idly back to the hotel she wondered if perhaps her ending wasn’t coming because she herself wasn’t happy. Just recently come off an ugly divorce, and now here in North Carolina with all these guys and none of which she was interested in.