If I didn’t sometimes see planes fly over, I would wonder if civilization had collapsed.”“How’s the writing coming?”“It’s coming fine. L...t’s just say there are no distractions.”Jake handed him a thumb drive to copy his files over.“Good. I’m looking forward to reading it.”“Tell me what Cox is doing.”Jake told him about the previous week.“You don’t think Cox can find her now?” Harris asked.“I don’t see how. Even if they track my bodyguard and me flying back to Arkansas, there is nothing to let. "So what are you ladies doing at the mall today, a little powershopping?" The waitress started the conversation."We're just grabbing brunch," I replied, ignoring the fact that she hadjust addressed us both as ladies."There's a great sale this week at Anne Klein, you should check it out!"I deferred to Theresa, I had no idea where to take this conversation.Theresa spoke up, "Oh, anything special?" The usual stuff there, upper end clothing, there's some wonderful classyoutfits for more formal. . just maybe... she'd bail him out! "Oh, God," she whispered happily, warm all over as she watched herhusband walk back into her trap. "This is a blast!" ### "Excuse me, Paul?" Frank's regular voice cut across the sound of thecrowd, and Paul and Stan turned to find Frank standing in front ofthem. "I'm afraid you've been lied to. The truth is, I am Frank,Debbie's husband. Remember, we met at the wedding?" "F...Frank?" Paul was clearly stunned, and Frank stuck his hand out.Paul shook it numbly.. ..After visiting Ashley, I tried to get some work done at the project site, but I was staying pretty distracted. I figured I was better off calling it quits and satisfying my distraction, rather than ending up with a nail through my hand or something. I headed home, and when I saw Pam's car in the driveway, I went ahead and parked my truck a little further down the street and walked back to the house. I could faintly hear their voices out by the pool, so I quietly went in the front door. I.