As they rose and turned to greet him, he could see that their slip-on sandals, straw hats, sunglasses and white terry-cloth robes were all that they w...re wearing. He immediately recognized Andrea’s companion as having been sitting next to her at the public meeting, wearing a charcoal-grey jacket and with a bright red beret sitting pertly aslant atop a mop of curls. “Hi there!” Andrea called out; then, to her companion: “Look at him, Sarah: briefcase in one hand and champers in the other! Talk. No harm done, though. And I'm so sorry about storming out on Friday, but that bitch Anne was obviously hitting on you. I thought she was my friend. I was so mad, I just stormed out."He stood there, gaping. What the hell? As he scrambled for something to say, she blithely went on. "Anyway, when I thought about it on Saturday, I realised you might think I suspected you of something, and I felt so awful for putting you through that. And then with me being unable to contact you, I knew you'd be. Shock registered in Mary's already enhanced and heightened senses. Her immediate reaction was to clamp her legs shut and jump backwards into the settee. Defor remained exactly where he stood, wagging his tail and licking his muzzle. His dark eyebrows where raised in a comically quizzical expression as if he was thinking, damn! That tasted good, what was it?His expression had Mary laughing when she realised what had joined her fingers. She grasped his ears in a playful wrestle and told him he. We stayed like that until the second bottle of champaign was finished and Aiesha said, “Damn I’m feeling pretty tipsy right now. I think I need to go lay down if that’s OK.”“Of course my dear,” I said. Get in bed and watch TV for a while if you want and come back out whenever you’re ready.”“You’re such a kind man Tom,” she said as she leaned in and kissed me. “I think I will go in and get a little nap and give you two love birds a little space.”Kelsey said, “That’s not necessary but you go.