. I am sorry, Lord." For some odd reason, her voice didn't startle him. It should have. Talking animals did not tend to exist. Her forehead once again...touched the grass. "Forgive me."Will blinked. He leaned back, knees getting uncomfortable, settling into a sitting position."For what?" Everything." She pushed herself up, settling in a sitting position herself. Her hands grabbed the bottom of her white outfit. With one movement, she pulled it over her head.Her body was slender, more so than. Edwards' offices, Mr. Edwards handed him a handsome leather briefcase he had prepared for Dale to take with him. He had Dale open it up. When he did, he found that it was custom made with foam cutouts to hold his ultra-thin notebook, his PDA, and a cell phone. It also had a spot for a file or two as well as a matching leather portfolio that contained a pad of paper and a gold pen and pencil set. The portfolio and the briefcase both had his initials embossed on them. Mr. Edward's showed him how. There was pause for 2-3 minutes I decided to make the move. I asked her can we meet now if she is free. And continued we will have coffee or brunch. There was no reply for 2-3 minutes. I was getting nervous. Then suddenly she replied come to her hotel.She works in a 7-star hotel. I told it will be late. She told don’t worry she will send her hotel’s car to pick me. Wow, my luck was ticking. The car arrived and in 30 minutes I reached her hotel. During travel, I asked her what’s the plan. Hope. ’ ‘Okay.’ Lani gave in. ‘I guess it can’t get messed up more than it is.’ x-x-x-x The game had been close, but the team had lost. Lani followed Dee out the door and down to the corner. Before the blow up, they’d taken to meeting there. It got them away from the crowds and noise. Lani was nervous. Funny, she thought, I wasn’t this nervous the first time I met him after a game. She turned and hugged herself against the cold night. It was the end of January, much too early for even a sniff of.