Dara went from shivering to sweating in a matter of minutes.Chase fanned his face and said, “I’d better go check my stuff. It’s in a water-proof...bag, but that’s not going to help if it blew out of the canoe and is floating across the lake.”“Even less if both canoes are floating with it. Better head on down there,” Paul agreed.Negotiating the slippery path strewn with freshly fallen leaves and branches, Dara followed her father down to the shore. Fortunately, both canoes and their contents had. Tony dropped by my office mid morning and invited me to his house for dinner that night with he and Tess. I accepted with pleasure and a run away imagination. Pam came by and said we would be leaving for Brouden mid morning the next day. She was spending the last night with her parents. I was pleased that Pam was going with me. She was an excellant assistant even without the sex. It would be good to have someone with me that I trusted and knew how I worked. Taking over a new facility was going. Quite a lot actually, and rather full of myself, and getting a lot of attention from both men and women because of my apparent luck. I swanned over to the roulette table.Starting slowly, I put a small amount on Red, then Black as I gauged how things seemed to be going. My courage, or you might say foolhardiness, increasing as the night and alcohol progressed.Suddenly I was aware of a couple standing next to me, one on either side. "You're doing well," the young man said, and I was aware of his. .. he... he..." she stammered, finding it impossible to put into words what had transpired in her son's room."What is it Helen? I don't think I've ever seen you so nervous." You'd be nervous too if your son made a pass at you." What?" smiled her friend, believing that Helen was either pulling her leg or over dramatizing. She saw Helen nod her head confirming her statement. "Well, come on now, every boy goes through that phase of having a crush on his mother." This isn't like that. He all but.