God damnit!Shaking my captive eyes free I made a beeline for the bathroom. I shutthe door and ran the faucet, splashing my face with cold water."You ...ucking idiot. What the hell is your problem?" I chastised at myreflection. Glancing down I saw that an erection was tenting my khakis.I looked back up at myself incredulously. "Are you fucking kidding me?Tell me she didn't notice that." I shook my head in disbelief and shutoff the water. Then I took a deep breath and willed my cock down. This time his son had not corrected him and allowed it to be passed on tothe monks. Had her brother allowed it on purpose? Was he plotting toforce the transition of title? His family was growing. He likely neededthe income more than her father. His wife was probably leaning on him. Itmattered nothing to Suzy. She had a plan.The herb of note here is known now to to grow in only a very few placesin China. It requires a very old growth forest of at least a couplecenturies. The monks were the. ." Theninto the phone, "I'm trying to get someplace a little quieter,hold on a second." More casino noise, a slot machine was ringingin the background and people were screaming as if they'd won amajor jackpot. The noise got a little less intense, "Hello?" James, ah I... Hi." and I could feel goose bumps on my arm."Rachel?" he asked surprised."Yeah, ah, how are you?" Why was this so difficult?"Hey, how's the car? I wanted to call you, but Brad is prettystrict about allowing anyone access to you. "Monsieur du Coudray was brought to his house last night. The Captain can explain about the fleet better than we can," I told Ken and the others."He is still looking for a ship, too," Coleen told her older Brother."Okay! The other teams should be back soon, so let's just save the explanations until they are all here, and we will only need to go through everything once," Ken suggested. Sunshine and Rose had gone to the kitchen and now returned with another tray of snacks and drinks for the two.