He told her the reason for each of his questions, and indicated how the answers fit for him. There was a lot about him that she liked. He knew his min..., and the world be damned. She just wondered how it would go if she held a divergent opinion to his own. It was an interesting thought. ‘Jim, why do you often call Joshua only by his last name?’ He smiled a bit shyly at that. She liked it on him, probably because it was a side of him that stayed hidden to most people. Most people only got the. "Oscar, Jacqueline would like a backrub. You up for that?"Oscar grinned."Sure."Jacqueline grabbed a small bag from the pile to use as a pillow and stretched out in the shade using as much of the sand and leaves as she could to cushion herself. Oscar loomed over her, the way he looms over everyone, and straddled her bottom. Jacqueline groaned as he started in on her shoulders and made long strokes on her back."Wait a sec, Oscar." Hebe pulled a bottle of massage oil out of her pack. "Use this."I. . nice to meet you, sir," he said uncertainly."Relax Carlo. It's Dex to most of the people around here. I'm here to bring the systems up to date on both software and hardware." Oh ... good ... I've been hoping something would happen when we heard that there'd been a take-over," he said with an obvious sigh of relief."Well, it's not exactly a take-over. Pinecone are partners with Trent Engineering now. Our job is to help you grow back to what you once were and more. It looks like we might need. " And she hung up the phone, her back to the door.Cal thought quickly. Alex handled the accounts for Sam's business. He was certain that she'd contrived a way to steal money from Sam. He opened the door and stepped into the room."Working something on the side, Alex?"She gasped and slowly turned to face him, her lip quivering slightly. "How much did you hear?" I heard it all, Alex. Definitely sounds criminal, doesn't it?" Peter and I need this. I can't go to jail," she whimpered. A tear.