" She then grabbed me in a bear hug planting a kiss squarely on my lips with tongue action and all. We eventually made it up to our cabin. The travel ...gent had delivered a bottle of champagne, a bon-voyage' card and a fresh fruit basket. The cabin was exquisite with a picture window, TV, couch, two chairs, dressers, closets, private bath with shower and a king sized bed. Our cabin steward showed up to inform us that our luggage will be up shortly and dinner will be served in the main dining. “Hi,” she answered on about the hundredth ring.I had a big, long spiel all ready for her, “Hi,” I said.“I tried you earlier, in the shower?” she asked.“Not exactly,” I told her, “had a little accident with the phone last night. Battery died and it sort of… got broken… “She laughed. That laugh was the sweetest sound I have ever heard. It meant something, something good, I hoped.She got more serious, it scared me. “You saw… last night?"“Yeah,” my heart rate must have been up to about a. Of course, I’ve seen a boatload more who don’t fit the dictionary definition but might as well, for all the use they are to the world or anybody around them. And if I go back to criminal law I guess I’ll see plenty more; in fact, even if I don’t there are times when I think an awful lot of the people I meet have some of that in them.Maybe there’s something to be said for natural selection. In Hugo’s time you had to be on top of your game to survive; maybe we’ve weakened the breed too much.On. I had simply wanted to thank her for lunchtime and check she was all right. ‘Never better,’ she said. ‘I bet you’re surrounded by women right now. Lucky bitches. What about tomorrow?’ ‘I thought you’d be working.’ ‘I’ll always take time off for you, Jim honey. How about your lunch break?’ It was a tempting thought. The office was becoming rather a trial, it was the only place I had to spend a substantial time without getting inside some beautiful and compliant women and the regular wanks in.