"I don't have the time to run a guide trip for the next couple of weeks, I have to work at the store." Now the bullshit was getting knee deep.Henry le...t to find another poor unfortunate to hire. I turned to Jim and said, "It's amazing, Henry doesn't even know how big an asshole he is. I thought you were going to lite into him for a minute."Jim shook his head as he laughed. "Not this time but it may come to that if he stays around very long. Come on, help me stack those boxes at the store and. " She screeched when he took a step in that direction.He dropped her legs and let her slide down his body until she touched the ground. But he didn't let her go. Instead he just held her for a moment, close. She leaned into him, her arms going around his back, under his. He dropped a kiss on the top of her hair."Want me to drop you off at home?" he asked, dropping his arms and turning her in the direction of his car."Why would you do that? I have a meeting to go to at four. Gotta go and protect. "Angus, I've been here twice before, and both times we left heading away from the sun, not toward it. And right now it looks like you've aimed the Ark almost squarely into it."His face showed utter amazement. "An' ye think I've decided to suicide th' whole ship by plungin' i' inta th' starr?" Well... ," she said uncertainly.Igwanda was far less dubious. "Have you?" he demanded.MacPherson ignored him to focus on Meiersdottir. "Missus, if ye ha'e sae li'le faith in me, whyivverr did ye name me. At least, she was right about the heartache and loneliness. It was my loneliness that had led me to this place. The emptiness of the beach really suited a person like me.I wandered aimlessly on the beach and headed towards some rocks. Continually washed by the waves and winds, the rocks looked like the obstacles in my own life; too big and sturdy to be moved by anything. They looked like they could stay there for an eternity.It had been my friends that had told me to take a vacation. They told.