Kate. Pulling himself from bed, Tom pulled on a pair of boxer’s and a t-shirt and quietly slipped from the room. His head was half-asleep and confu...ed, trying to make sense of his many thoughts. He knew that Kate was meant to arrive last night, about the same time that Sarah had, but he couldn’t remember hearing her come in. Had they been so distracted that they hadn’t noticed? He couldn’t remember hearing any noises to say that someone was there and surely, despite everything, they would have. "Dad munched his way to the end of his first slice. "Any particular area you fancy?" Not really. I haven't looked into it enough yet. Finance seems to be drawing a lot of people but I like the Manufacturing sector, but..." But what?" Well it's shrinking rapidly," I replied. "It's down to less than ten percent of GDP already and with the way India and China are expanding into the global market it may be a bit of a dead end to get into." What other options are there?" I.T. is one but I'm leaning. Then it was announced that the raft would soon be available for us to use, and that if the boys were lucky, a different type of food would be served up by the girls. There was a silence for a good 5 seconds before the announcer shouted, “PUSSY, ALL YOU CAN EAT BOYS.”Well that got lots of cheers from both the boys and quite a few of the girls. Dani and Wren had seen that coming and had manoeuvred me over to the side where the raft was, and just as soon as the last bit was said, all 3 of us were. The painting was of a small river running through the mountains. Rhododendrons blooms lined the bank and the sun was shinning in a small glade created by a break in the thicket. There was a group of red lilies that created a focal point for the work, and the way the artist depicted the light reminded me of the best impressionists.I must have stared at the painting for a long time, completely lost in the view, for the next thing I knew, Angela was pressing against me and softly kissing the back.