“He qualifies,” the redhead sighed, still looking warmly at me as we loosely embraced. Even her seemingly serious dark-haired colleague was now s...btly smiling as she wrote on her clipboard, having watched everything. — — — — — This redhead soon helped me dress, and then showed me to my suite, which boasted a deluxe kitchen and black-marbled bar, as well as a king-sized bed, along with a sofa group and plush chaise longe. Plus there was a bathroom with a black-marbled shower alcove and. ’ He called. ‘Where are my grey jeans? I can’t find them….’ Josh was one of my best friends we had been mates for years but he could be a total idiot at times and I sometimes believed that he was getting worse as he got older. I guessed that he probably had a hangover from the night before, as was usual. He saw me and waved, ‘Hi Jamie, mate! Mum, where are my jeans?’ I swapped amused grins with Becca and she called back to him quietly, ‘They are hanging in your wardrobe, dear.’ ‘I can’t see. Jill made it immediately clear that she would, and then the girls stood to gather up the dinner dishes taking them back inside the house before we did that. I took that opportunity to corner my wife."You might want to remind her that this is a no clothing tub," I said a little worriedly. "Maybe Kate knows, or maybe she's forgotten, but I'm thinking you'd best mention it to them both."Chris laughed. "Don't worry, we already talked about that possibility earlier. Jill's fine with it, as long as. "Would you like to order off the wine menu as well?" Yes," I flipped to the white wine section. "I think we'd like to have a bottle of the pinot grigio." Very good," he took our menus and then disappeared.Melanie still looked a little shocked. "What was that all about?" I told you earlier: You're not in charge today, Melanie," I said firmly. "I am."Two conflicting looks flashed in her eyes. One was the part that wanted to be in control. I could tell that was the side of her that had ruled her.