She put large sunglasses on, glanced around, saw us, and headed over. Not much taller than her daughter, she was slender with subtle curves that were ...ll female.She stopped at the open gate. “Hi, Mr. Allison.”“Hello, neighbor. Call me Huck.”Penny growled and tugged the stick, Bella laughing and holding on.Mrs. LaForêt smiled. “In that case, call me Chantal. Is Bella bothering you?”Penny let the stick go and barked once at Chantal, then grabbed it again, shaking her head and growling playfully,. I put the card in the slot and the door opened. The bell captain moved the luggage rack into the elevator leaving me alone in the elevator. (I thought his leaving was strange.) The elevator automatically selected the top floor and started moving. I put my VIP badge in my purse.I was surprised when the door behind me opened into a hotel room. I pushed the cart into Mathew’s room. He was not a tall man but he still had to bend down to kiss me.“Kimi, I love the way you kiss.”“Mr. Zimmer, I like. Next, I took off the jacket and sat down at the dressing table to put my make-up on. I applied a light layer of cream, blotted it and allowed a few minutes for it to dry. I wanted to get this right, so I was taking extra care. I followed this with some eye shadow. I used my favourite shades of plum again and blended them in as well as I could. Then, I applied two coats of black mascara, lengthening my upper lashes and slightly darkening my lower. I sucked in my cheeks and applied the blusher. “This is from the ‘It’s–a–small-world’ category. I saw Carla this morning at the coffee shop and introduced myself as your girlfriend. I said I recognized her from some pictures I saw at your place, but I didn’t mention which pictures of course. She was friendly and asked me to sit with her. She went right to playing dirty.”“Oh, no. What did she say?”“She asked if we’d slept together yet. I, of course, said no—that’s for marriage only. Then she informed me that—well—your equipment was rather.