" He can make it. Guaranteed." See you at my place then? How about eight o'clock?" We'll be there."Next she phoned Sholandra back."You better get a lo... of rest tonight," she said.Sholandra's voice was excited. "They're coming?" Not yet. They're saving it all for you." God, I'm so hot just thinking about it. I think I'm going to have to get myself off." Try the bathtub," Laura suggested. "Did I ever show you that trick?"She remembered how Karen had taught her, years ago, to make the warm water. The weeks go by as our professional relationship grows, as we become a finely tuned business machine, while our personal friendship grows equally as quick. One day, as I about to take my lunch break, my boss asks if she can join me. I cheerfully smile and gladly accept her accompaniment to lunch. We casually walk to a nearby luncheonette, order some food, walk to a nearby public green and sit at a picnic table that is gently nestled amongst some lilac trees. We partake in casual, non-work. I was house-sitting for some friends who live near the beach in Langkawi in mid-September. I decided to go jogging one morning on the beach, which is only about a block from their house. So I walked over to the beach, and put my stuff down on one of the beach chairs in front of the high rise resort there. After jogging down the beach and back for about 35 minutes, I had worked up a pretty good sweat, so I decided to take a dip in the ocean. Figuring that I might want to do this, I had worn my. . no, Sally, it's just some silly argument I had at home, nothing really," Lucy said cheerily. "I feel better already. You know how it is... well, it's getting close to that time of the month, you know? I guess I'm just easily upset these days."The close-cropped blonde looked disbelievingly at David's girlfriend in her expensive car, a forced smile of concern on her red-painted lips, lips that had once been David's until this rich girl with her fancy clothes came along. Sure, I'm worried about.