"The driver delivered us to our hotel, the Jurys Inn Parnell Street, and the doorman loaded our luggage on a trolly while Katie paid the taxi driver, ...nd we then went in to register."Can I help you?" the clerk at the front desk asked in English."Yes, we have reservations, the O'Connell party," Katie told him in Gaelic. The clerk was somewhat surprised."Yes," he answered, also in Gaelic now. "You need to register and I need your passport numbers." You really are Americans!" he said in shock on. . Oh, stop it! She looked at the marble plaque with Jacob’s name on it. Sorry, Jacob – just kidding!Otherwise, it was a who’s who of successful women in town, which included Anne Kaufmann, Consuelo Anders, Violet Clark, Erica Felder, Keri Anderson, Alicia Estrada, Graci Peters, Jo Archer, and Carmen Duarte.And, yes, Cindy McCabe.Janet found it amusing that those little invitation-only Jessica and Janet ‘catch-up’ lunches had spawned quite a competition over who might be included.Jessica gave. He decided to break the silence. “I brought my tools, just in case.” He lifted the strap of the tool bag off his shoulder, and gripped the handles. His cheeks were beginning to feel the strain of holding the smile.“Oh! Of course!” she said, nervously.She stepped back and he stepped in. She was still staring at him.This was not the boy she remembered. She remembered a tallish boy, not thin, but not big either, who smiled shyly and never said much. She was sure she’d been in at least one class. I returned to the west to find that not only were Debbie and Gloria having problems with their relationship but Cherie and Marg were also struggling. Having spent some time with Debbie and Gloria trying to pull them back together I returned home to find Marg in the doldrums. I discussed it with Gay who agreed to stay away from Cherie to give their relationship time to recover. Gay was spending quite a lot of time with me especially at night. I knew that Al was aware that she and I were sleeping.