I headed upstairs, turning on the light and the a/c, took a new towel and closed the door to keep it cooler, wending my way carefully down and knockin... again, before sliding the towel through and placing it on the washbasin. A hand grabbed it, and the door was pulled open, with Quy standing there with wet hair and a body with the towel hanging down her front, covering her but provocatively so, and I would not have been a man if I hadn’t allowed my eyes to track from her head slowly downwards to. During the next slow dance Susan's eyes were closed as she rested herhead on his chest. I was starting to get a little alarmed as James lethis hands drop to her butt. I expected Susan to stop him, but ifanything she seemed to pull him closer.I could see that James was saying something to Susan, as he would,from time to time, nuzzle her ear. When the dance ended I lost the twoof them in the crowd. The last I saw of Susan was James leading heraway from our table, towards the other end of the. "Eckert, we have another two hundred civilians to recover today, they are out of food, and ran out of water yesterday. Their location is nowhere near yours." The implication was obvious. They'd just been triaged. "Check in at twelve-hundred and-eighteen hundred hours. Confirm, Over." Six, this is Two-Three, Wilco." We'll try and extract you tomorrow, but two hundred kids ... Eckert, remember you owe me a new truck. Six out."He turned off the radio."A new truck?" Marla asked, "What's that. By eleven the fashion show part of the evening was complete. Business talk lasted until midnight. Laura organized a two day session six weeks hence where she promised to have key staff from Business Lady on hand to work out all details for design and production of a new line to premier the following spring. Mrs. Patron insisted the opening of the conference be held at her home. Triumphant excitement filled Laura and she hugged her husband tight as thank you for his help. “I think it is time we.