One being that Beth told Dan she thought about the offer to purchase his business along with the terms he proposed. She accepted his offer but with th... proviso that instead of a three percent interest rate that it be changed to two percent. Beth said from what she knew this was the rate Wilkinsing was doing on small business loans. Dan agreed to do that.The second reason it was a good cocktail hour was because Beth had changed and put on a dress which just showed the attractive woman she was.. I feel my body almost turn to mush looking into his eyes, and thinking of the fun to be had.We now reach the lake shore and Rex is pulling on his leash, all excited wanting to go into the water. I laugh, seeing Rex pull Steve into the lake. I follow, enjoying the coolness of the water, cooling my body down and making me enjoy the moment for what it is."Lets let him off the leash to play a bit" Shawn says. "Here is a stick we can throw for him to play catch with us". Shawn walks into the water. "But she made the jump here, so that was expected. If we want the ship to survive another combat we'll have to replace the broken armor and point defense. You really need Louis or Tim here for the final estimate, but I think we can turn her in fifteen hours or so. It will depend on how deep the damage goes." I've been trying to refine the scans more," Candi said. "It looks like most of the damage was kinetic. I'm not seeing deep penetration in the holes I've scanned."Terrence looked over at. Mary stuck to the story that Pip had outlined. She said Jeremy had agreed to take in two youths from the city at the successful completion of their rehabilitation to give them a taste of country living."How kind of the vicar," said Agnes."We are lucky to have him. Such a generous man. I believe he had some kind of nervous breakdown in his city parish before he came here. It's an ill wind..." Yes. He's quite recovered now," said Mary hastily. "Another cookie, Agnes?" But it must be quite a.