All three wives were described as looking highly distraught.In the hotel suite, the men discussed whether they should go to work on Thursday."If I kno... Cece... Shit! Damn it to Hell! I don't know her at all, do I?" Bud was unable to finish the thought he had started."You were going to say that she would keep trying the office, weren't you," Trent asked softly, to Bud's agreement. "I think we have to take two more days off. I know I would be worse than useless at work." That's for sure," Will. Na 175 km kwam hij alleen in Dokkum aan. Op de eerste groep had hij eenachterstand van 20 minuten. Naar Leeuwarden moest dit nog goed te makenzijn en vanaf Dokkum zou hij de wind in de rug hebben. Dit gaf hem demoed om er weer stevig tegenaan te gaan. Teruggekomen in Bartlehiemhoorde hij dat hij nog een kwartier achterstand had. Met nog 15 km tegaan tot Leeuwarden zou het heel moeilijk worden de tocht nog tewinnen. De moed zakte hem allengs in de schaatsen. Na een poosje doemdein een bocht een. "They all have to come to the Presidente and request permission to kill the bull. They'll be right in front of us."Ann didn't tell Julia, but she had read Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" last week when she had found they had won the contest. It was about the bullfights in Spain and had stimulated her interest in seeing one. She was just a bit nervous about how she would react to seeing an animal killed in cold blood but Hemingway had explained it in such poetic terms that she had succeeded. “Well, if it isn’t my newest favorite customers!” Amelia said as we walked in.“I’m sure the $5000 credit on our tab has something to do with that,” Jess responded back. Amelia laughed.“Well, doesn’t hurt!” she said.“Are you on commission here? Is that even ok to ask?” Jess asked.“It is and I’m not,” Amelia answered. “Don’t worry about me, though. I’m better paid than you’d probably think for a mall store clerk. I’m actually the store manager here. And, as such, I get a performance bonus based.