“Oh, thanks John,” she said with a smile and took the mug from him.He stood for a moment, seeing, for the first time, more of Claire than at any t...me since she first arrived the previous Spring.She stood, holding the mug, loth to close the door in his face. She gave another smile and cocked her head in the manner he remembered from when they were lovers all those years ago. Then it was playful and inviting, now he was not sure what it was inviting!He seemed to wake from his trance, smiled. I had a hell of a time trying to get my mind off sex. I decided to concentrate on what I was going to say to my replacement and to Matt when I got home. Once I decided to do that my mind was going a mile a minute. I checked in and asked the same man that I saw six months earlier if my replacement had checked in yet. He told me she had. I asked him what room she was in, he told me, and off I went to meet and talk with her.I knocked on room 202; I was shocked at what I saw. When the door opened,. ." Agrees that you cannot sit around all summer, and thinks that doingthis will make you a better man. Now, shall we begin?"I wanted to jump up and yell hell no, but my mother was a forcefulwoman, and I had to rely on her and dad to help me get through college.If I said absolutely no way would I do this, I might just find myselfon the short end all around. But maybe, if I did dress and work as agirl, I would have lots of money in the fall, my mother would foreverbe indebted to me, and dad would. I used to be part of Merc’s. Names Mansure. I took the job here after we broke up the company. Not a lot of us left in the world nowadays from what I hear. Word arrived we lost Sizemore to a nutcase Duke. He is a serious loss if you needed somebody to lead a company. I have had a visit from Baron and Minda Fireham. They are on their way out as of this morning to visit some of the others that are still hanging on.” He pointed to a weapons rack, “Grab one of the safe swords kid. I know better.