I stood there in a fog of my own making, certainly not caused by the warm air of the ocean. God knows how long I might have stood there were it not fo... the Angie wannabe standing up and intruding into my personal space.With a calmness I could never have mustered, she said, "Jerry, how are you? You're looking great!" Unh ... Angie?" I was noted far and wide as a smooth talker."Yes, I'm Angie. Was that a question?" You're Angie?" Yeah, Jerry, and I'm pretty sure you are Jerry. Please let me know. Goodby.’ Tamara shook her head. ‘Look at this spelling. Sorority girls.’ ‘Don’t be so hard on sororities. Wendy was a bad writer all on her own. That’s how we met, in a study group. I corrected her essays with a red pen. Maybe that’s why she kept me around.’ ‘I’m sorry, Ben.’ Ben looked up suddenly. ‘Hey, aren’t you supposed to be with your boyfriend, too? Where’s he from, Georgia, Alabama…’ ‘Tennessee. Damn, boy, that girl really did pull you out of society for a while, didn’t she? I broke. "Just across the way there stranger," the man said. "Walk past the saloon and it will be on your left."The two men thanked the porter and moved off towards the hotel. "Do you think he's here?" The younger man asked."I'm not sure, but if he isn't then I'm guessing that he's in some kind of trouble."Shanking his head slowly the younger man chuckled and said, "That seems to be something that we all know about isn't it Virg?"The two men walked slowly across the street until they heard a. Aggie stopped dead in her tracks. "I guess not." She hugged Beatrice and followed Nat out to her waiting. Shay, May, Vee, and Christina were waiting.( ¥ ) ( ¥ ) ( ¥ )Lars walked through the lobby after checking in. He was heading to the elevators, to drop off his luggage. He had scheduled a meeting with the resort manager later that day. The last time he was here, he was with the first and only woman he’d loved. He had taken her cherry on their second day of college. They had been almost.