.. yes, I do." Who is she?" My friend, Patricia Conner. How long has she been out there?" Apparently, the last four days." WHAT!?" You knew nothing ab...ut this?" No! She said she would get you to talk with her ... but she didn't sayhow." And why exactly would she need to talk with me?"Gretchen says nothing, looking away. She doesn't like confrontations.It's something she will have to get past if she is ever going to takeover the family business some day."Gretchen, I want an answer."She turns her. Outwardly, the Plummers acted and looked like a happy family, but in reality there wasn't much enthusiasm at his return.Ron had huge bags under his eyes and was visibly staggering with exhaustion. He said it had been an awful, rocky flight. That was clearly evident, judging by how bedraggled some of the other passengers looked.Susan asked if there was anything wrong, but Ron replied only that he had been working very hard just before he left, had gotten little sleep in flight, and should be. I knew now that Ihad him at my mercy."I'd really like to get into your panties," he gasped."Ok you can try; but I'm not sure you'll squeeze into a size twelve," Igasped back."Why don't you come up sometime and see me? If you're not busy, I getoff at two. Don't you think two's a good time to get off on?" Iwhispered into his ear and nibbled on his earlobe."You had me at hello," he replied, "stick with me kid and you'll befarting through silk."I didn't have the heart to tell him that I already. We were in the middle. The Small Boat Basin is on the North West. We weren’t going to be at the Basin at 0800. Nope.And since we were going to be late anyway ... we had breakfast. It’s what McDonald’s does in the morning. It’s a Navy Base ... they take dollars.“You want to take the ladies shopping? Or go with us?” I asked the driver.At the word shopping he began to perspire freely.“I can’t leave the car.”“It sucks to be you, then. They have a million dollar debit card.”“Oh God, fuck a bunch of.