At first I was rather alarmed but saw they were making no attempt to move closer it was as if they were waiting for permission to move closer. I whisp...red to Anne we had an audience, it didn't bother her too much as we went parking in Adelaide whenever we got a new car so that we could 'christen it' and on a couple of occasions had an audience in the nearby bushes and on one occasion had invited a young 'surfie' to join us as we christened our new Mercedes. Looking at the two guys near the car. Before the connection was broken Rick yelled into the receiver, "Susan, I'm on the fortieth floor. Please come up immediately. Please!" The connection clicked off and he did not know if she had heard him or not.Rick immediately called the reception desk on the floor. Although he didn't even know the receptionist's name, he did know she was like Cerberus at the gate. No one ever got past her. She answered his direct line instantly, "Yes, Mr. Jackson, how may I help you?" A Miss Susan Jennings is. From being the shy diminutive figure, frightened of her own shadow and scared stiff of conflict and confrontation, she had become a confident and assertive woman. She faced the daily challenge of her limited education and overcame her painful lack of social graces. She had a voice and an opinion and was quite prepared to use them.A bi-product of her newly attained persona was interest from the opposite sex. In her job at the Supermarket, she often came into contact with members of the public. We had a small tiff for a minute but it was obvious he didn't want to put much more strain on his neck and so he fell back in step without more trouble.Letting him drink was a little bothersome since I knew he'd drink too much if I let him have his way. I'd let him take a good drink and then pull him back. He resisted the first time but seemed to catch on to the plan when I let him drink more five minutes later. Damned if it didn't seem like he understood what I was doing. It took half an hour.