He hummed when I came, then resumed talking about his military career while I dozed off against him. The major had taken himself off somewhere in the ...orsche. He’d considerately enough left me a little note saying he’d be back before nightfall. He also ordered me to bathe. I was highly insulted. I went for a nice, long, anger-sapping swim in the lake instead. It was impossible to remain hotly furious in that freezing water. Despite all of my worries that I’d been abandoned, the major arrived. As he walked out of the water, with his long dark hair all wet and messy she couldn’t look away. He walked by her and sat down in the sand. She searched her mind for a way to strike up a conversation. She had to know more about him. ‘You from around here?’ She asked. ‘Nope.’ He said while he shook his fingers through his hair. ‘You?’ ‘I have a summer house down the beach a little way. Are you on vacation?’ ‘You could say that.’ He wasn’t offering much. ‘I’m Serena,’ she held out her hand.. ‘All right.’ I said and lay back on the huge smooth boulder and took in the sun. My eyes were hidden behind sunglasses and I began to close my eyes and relax. I decided that a short nap was in order. I heard Marja gasp as she stepped into the water. ‘Greg!’ She called to me. I sat up. ‘Come on!’ She yelled to me and splashed some water with her foot in my general direction. My eyes widened as I saw her nude body near the edge of the pool as she dove into the water. ‘Come on!’ She urged me again. And then after classes I showed up again to start detailing cars, the part I liked. I did not ever once sell a car.I wasn’t really sure they’d ever had a “lot boy” working for them before. I kind of got the impression they must have done the work themselves, perhaps Wally, he being the originator of car business. But he was quite adept at bossing, kind of a hard ass character, wanted to give me the impression I could easily be replaced. “Whatever,” I thought. He was apparently wanting to.