It would mean so much to me” As she spoke, Sarah noticed the bulge becoming increasingly apparent in Bob’s trousers. She rested her hand on it and...added, “I would make it well worth your while if you can make it happen for me, you know I would”Almost before she had finished speaking, Bob turned and began to click away on his PC. She knew exactly what he was doing. Within seconds his desk printer whirred out a scheduling docket confirming her as a crew member on the trip, whilst removing another. .. The usual delays before and after landing left me running for the next train to get into the office,. At least once seated I had time to go through my notes on what needed to be discussed before I could head home for a long weekend off.Dropped off by my taxi, I opened the front door and let myself into a quiet house. Pat was not about which was a little strange. I found a note taped to the Kitchen work surface:‘Hello love, If you’ve got in before me you’re reading this rather than being. “Dressing up around the house or going out with lingerie underneath, that’s OK. No one notices.”He paused and drank. White wine on our deck. Late afternoon sun warm enough but not too hot. I reached for my Leica.“Look to me, Julian, will you?”The sun outlined his features, a masculine light, portrait photographers call it. Julian’s strong cheekbones and his nose highlighted. No light meter. I’d take my chances.“Miriam and Eloise are cool with this, Dad. I mean, them and Harper have lived. “When do you want to leave?” he asked. “I don’t know when flights leave Wichita. I’ll have to find out and call you back.”“I’m thinking about hanging around here for a couple of days,” she said into the phone. “This is a nice place.”“Kansas?” He sounded incredulous.“Yes, Kansas!” she said loudly. “I met some really nice people, and I like them!”“Okay, okay, you don’t have to yell. I’ll call you back, okay?”She gave him Mirriam’s number, which was printed on the little white circle in the middle.