She had moved the towel slightly to get the best of the sunshine and was now seated on it, so that she was slightly side on to my vantage point. The b...ttle of suntan oil was in her hand and she removed the lid to squeeze a pool of the oil into her cupped palm. Slowly, her hand spread the oil over her shoulder and down her arm. The movement was slow and sensual, rubbing over the entire surface of her skin, making sure that she covered it all. She then did her other shoulder and arm with the same. After a few days, even her boss noticed she wouldn’t pick up the phone. He asked her why. ‘Uuummm, well, uummm, I’m answering it. Uuumm, well, I mean, sometimes I answer it.’ Her boss said, ‘What do you mean you’re answering it SOMETIMES? I just got a call from Nick over in purchasing who said our vendor has been trying to reach me for the last 5 days. He thought we’d gone out of business. Pick up the phone Suzy. It’s not like I pay you a salary SOMETIMES, okay?’ ‘Sorry boss. It won’t happen. "Now Leanne, I want you to write your name in the box there." Shepointed. "Write Leanne, Mary, James."I looked at her horrified, but her lips were set in a tight-lippedassertiveness."Come along, quick about it sissy," she spat.Unbalanced, I brought the pen to the line she was pointing at andpainfully slowly I struggled with a childish scrawl trying my best towrite the words as she repeated herself."Leanne Mary James."I looked at it when I had finished, it looked no better than a toddlerwould. Charlie and Hoss immediately flew the two drones with the thermal cameras over the rest of the orchard to be sure no one was hiding amongst the dying trees and brush piles.Another e-mail from Kevin showed no life at the villa; the image was so recent it showed us parked behind the abandon house across the road. Andy handed out the ear wicks; it was Go time. I walked with four of the group to the second row of trees on the left side of the dirt lane. The first guy peeled off to take a position.