’ she said with a smile. Now that was too much. ‘Oh no! You did not buy me clothes!’ I said. ‘Of course I did, wasn’t that why we were com...ng here?’ ‘We were coming here for you to help pick out clothes for me to buy! I have to pay you back for these.’ I insisted. ‘Okay, but not now, you can just owe me.’ ‘Oh yeah? And what will I owe you?’ I said, trying to make a sly voice. ‘Why spoil the surprise?’ she said with a devilish smile. ‘Now open up the bags and see what I got you. Now this. *********************************** I had never thought I would find myself at this crossroads one day. There is not so much regret at being at the crossroads as at the fact that I could never have wished a script anywhere near this one to take form. Things have gone so wrong on so many fronts. I have no complaints so far as the events pertain to myself. In fact, to be taken by surprise at the boomerang hurled by destiny at me would only be construed as my fault, for, I should perhaps have been. What are we going to do? I vaguely heard questions being asked by Fargrim and Trevian, and Leliana’s sweet lilt responding, but I couldn’t even understand the words as I just clung to Alistair and tried not to pass out. I was gasping great, big gulps of air, I realised, and I consciously tried to slow them down and pull myself together.Finally my shuddering slowed to a halt, and Alistair put his hands on my shoulders, pushing us apart enough that he could see my face. He’d been talking to me,. The Chairman immediately launched into the purpose of his call. He indicated that regretfully he had not spent as much time with his daughters as he should or as he wanted to due to the pressure of his job. He stated that there was an by invitation only petroleum producers conference in Puerto Vallarta coming up and that since Deb was finishing her MBA and Reb was starting in a new school it may be the last opportunity for them to get away together as a family.Due to the unsettled conditions in.