I'm sure he will be back to normal after his vacation." She glared at me then turned her attention back to her breakfast.When I got to work I decided ...o ignore part of Becky's "advice" and cancel my trip with the guys. I was supposed to leave directly from work and meet them at our favorite Dennys where we would all drive together. I had a nice crew cab F150 so we would put all the gear in it and leave from there. Roger would ride with me and Don would drive his car since he had to come back to. “I hate to ask, but are we talking about separate rooms here?” She laughed and said, “Only if you want to pay for a room we aren’t going to use.”Oh boy, this sounded like it could be an interesting night.I checked us in at the local motel and we walked arm and arm to the room. I was really nervous about this for some reason and she seemed relaxed. All I could do was go with her flow tonight I guess.We stepped into the room and she headed for the bathroom right away with her bag. I figured she. "Not immediately," admitted Mark. "I remembered a little blonde tomboy, usually dirty, and instead I meet a beautiful young lady." He bent forward and gently pecked her cheek. Victoria blushed and pulled away."Right," said Frances briskly but with her eyes dancing, "let's show you to your room. It's pretty tiddly but it's not as though you're going to be in it that long."She led Mark down the passage and showed him into the spare room."I wouldn't call this tiddly," said Mark. "It's bigger than. ”“So noted,” Jeryl said.Over the years, she had taken over the board secretary role from Kelly, just as Kelly had taken over the role of General Counsel from her father.“Our point of discussion is to intervene, and to ask our General Counsel and Managing Director, Kelly Keller to take a thirty day leave of absence.”“You can’t do that, Paul!” Kelly said with some heat.I looked at her.“Kelly, you are going to work yourself to death. We are worried about you. We all want you to get help and come.