The friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds.Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the me... of God, a rival florist across town thought this was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him.So the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to “persuade” them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store,. And, I apologize.”“Not accepted and I don’t believe you anyway. Anything else?” I said.“Please, can you take a break or something?” she said. I stared at her.“Yeah, but I gotta work, so you better have whatever you have to say memorized, because all I got is about ten minutes,” I said. She nodded. I headed for the break room and she followed. I nodded to Mister Dunstan as we passed him. He was talking to one of the checkers.We took seats at the little stained coffee table that the room. I needed more information to make this successful.I had taken the laptop from the Katherine B with me. I had been making a record of my time since the Day and didn't want to lose that or the other information on it. The little hotel had wireless and I was able to get on the Internet from the room. Regardless of where I chose to pick up a boat, I needed to make a better decision about my route. I had wandered in the Med in the Katherine B because I couldn't set the autopilot correctly or it was. . . special. And when I saw your face on the body of my imaginary lover this afternoon, everything just fell into place. Not much more I can say, is there?”Pausing briefly, Anita went on. “So, are you gonna tell me who your fantasy lover is? Is it someone I know? Hmm? What’s she like? It is a she, I hope. You haven gone gay on me, have you?“.Well, the girl certainly wasn’t pulling any punches, Jim thought. She’d come right out with her confession, and he was both proud of her, and a little.