As she stood at the open window, her sweaty body reflecting the moonlight, the night was deathly silent. The silence was something she enjoyed. What a...noyed her was the lack of any breeze in the air. She was about to turn and walk back to her bed when she heard a low, almost inaudible moan. She stopped and listened for a while longer and was about to write it off as her imagination when she heard it again, only this time it was louder and seemed a bit more urgent. It also seemed to be coming. I had to have a money transfer for them right away so here we are," Rick said.I was surprised that Rick was the one that made this decision but I shouldn't have been. He seemed to have a much better handle on the company than I did."OK, so what are we going to do with these planes once this trip is over?" I asked."It is costing us about $75,000 a month to ship people and equipment around right now and these planes will land at all of the places we need them to land. It will cost us just as much. We probably won'tsee either of them until tomorrow."Pete looked at Sophie and said, "Is there anything I can get you? Aglass of warm milk might help."He was really at sea here. Sophie looked upset, maybe even ready tocry, and he had no idea how to help."I could get you a couple of extra pillows, if that would help." Hereally wanted to offer himself, but that was way beyond the line he haddrawn for himself."No, that won't help," Sophie said, feeling a bit alone and abandoned. He looked. ”“Let us go,” he whispered as he began to stand.“No, wait,” she whispered as she pulled him back to his seat.The chair made a scraping sound on the floor and they froze listening for sounds in the hall. All was quiet. Lisbeth kissed him on his neck just below his ear and said, “Let us give papa a few more minutes to fall asleep.” She continued to kiss his neck and run her fingers through his hear.“I am going to say to you what papa would say, stop acting like my lover,” he whispered in a.