I can buy an apartment in my building and you can pay me a nominal rent. That way you can afford staying near me. And when he goes out of town, you ca... come up by me or I'll go down to you. I spent a lot of time this weekend figuring all of this out." What if he suddenly wants you to call it off between us?" He won't. He's a man of his word. You don't know how many hours it took him to make up his mind before saying it was all right for us to see each other on ocassion. That way I can have him,. In any case, Bill will be ready in a few minutes, and we can enjoy dinner, for a while.”Karen said, “OK, Tim. Now, about the money...”“Let’s get to that conversation after dinner, Karen,” Tim interrupted and said, “Honestly, I’m starving, and it’s a safe bet that Bill is, too. He still has an athlete’s metabolism, so he tends to eat like your average horse.”Karen, somewhat distracted, looked again at the diplomas. She shook her head and said, “Kim, this isn’t some kind of joke, is it? I always. I didn’t even know if he was interested and already I was thinkin’ thoughts. I couldn’t help it. He was a beaut bloke.We talked some more, just general chat.It was hot, lyin’ still in the sun. “I’m cookin’,” said Mattie, leverin’ himself up from his towel. “I’m goin’ in for a quickie.”“A quickie, huh?” I replied. “I’ll come with you.”He gave me a sharp look then laughed. “Puns are us, huh?”Damn. Mustn’t make risqué jokes.The water was chilly. We dived into the first big wave comin’ in and it. “So will you be joining us downstairs later, Naomi?" I asked.“Oh yeah, looking forward to it. Don’t drink too much guys, your services will be required later,” she said before heading off to talk to an older couple.“Wow, she’s pretty confident,” I said turning back to Marcus.“Yes she’s a lot of fun when she’s in the mood.”I glanced across the room and saw that Hollie was now talking to Patrick and an older guy, who looked kind of distinguished with his full head of grey hair and wrinkled good.