I was sure that my eyes lingered a bit on the curves of her breasts and hips barely covered by the tiny bikini. Hardly self-conscious, her hip jutted ...ut and her hand rached up to finger her long dark silky hair ‘Well, I think I’ve got everything under control,’ I replied looking back to where I was working. ‘But if you’d like to chop some more stuff for a salad, I can get the marinade going for the filets.’ ‘Sure,’ she said pitching right in. Through the kitchen window, we could both see Kate. Tommy gave a short reply.“If Muireann is reminding you that my ex-boyfriend was in that band,” Lara said quietly, “then you should know that Pete was the ex.”“Feck, I didn’t know!” Tommy cried, reaching over Muireann to pass her swat on to me. “Lad, you never said this was him!”“Sorry, but he kind of barged in, and it didn’t seem like the right thing to say out loud with him right there.”“But is he not in the study hall? The lad who always sits in the corner?”“Yeah, that’s him,” I admitted, a. " "He's a lawyer?" "A retired lawyer," she said, again with that beautiful laughter. "He's know the man for 25 years though and was the only lawyer who handled the man's many interests, so he felt that he should do this one last thing for him. He left early this morning and I don't really expect him bac till sometime early next week." "Well, would you be interested in coming over by yourself?" I asked, a little nervous that she'd say no, but hoping she'd agree. "I'd love to," she answered. . Shall I go on?" No! No, that's quite vivid. I gather you two spoke for a while." I confess we did. After all, I was curious about this stranger wanting to party with Joe and I." It's all Mal's doing. I mean we had a short... relationship. I... I'm in Atlanta on business. I'm from Minneapolis and..." Do you happen to know the Marcolina's? That would be Jim and Val. They live in Minneapolis and are dear friends of ours. We met them while skiing in Aspen two years ago. We go skiing with them every.