I adverted my eyes instantly and blushed a little. “Sorry, Rose, I’m just really hot and bothered. It doesn’t make you uncomfortable, does it?�... he smiled sheepishly. “No, Sir, not at all. It just took me off guard, that’s all.” I sat back down and went back to filing the paperwork. “If you’re too hot, Rose, you can take your top and skirt off as well, I won’t mind.” I blushed, “Uh, thank you, Sir, but I’ll be fine.” “Shame,” I heard him whisper so I could barely hear it, “I’ve always wanted to. Jane did admit that Cary Grant had been Melanie’s favorite actor growing up.In July we had my annual island birthday party. It gets louder, more rowdy, and raucous every year. The first of my five new past lives series got published, detailing the life of Melanie and myself as a couple in the ancient Fertile Crescent. In it, I’m a priest of the local religion, the story including the full text of all twenty one parts of the ‘Story of Gilgamesh,’ which I was performing a recitation of the night. "Oh, hi, Rob, you're early." Yeah, the meeting went well and I was done early. They went for it but it wasn't a surprise. How's it going here?" We're making progress and I think we're doing good." Who's the new guy?" Oh, that's Jim. Jim, this is Rob, my housemate. Rob, this is Jim."The new guy came holding his hand out to shake mine. I gave points to him for the courtesy. "How'd you get added to the group, Jim?" I wasn't meshing well in the group I started with. None of them seemed to have a. As he rejoined the group, his parents were chatting with a couple of church friends who happened to be there also, while Melody was being hit on by a middle-aged man with salt-and-pepper hair. His demeanor indicated that he thought quite a lot of himself.And who the hell is that? Mike asked, keeping his distance.A partner at a law firm near here. Sees himself as a future United States Senator, even though he has no shot in hell. Not the ONLY thing he’s got no shot in hell at.As Mike approached.