"Hello?" I got someone to cover my lunch shift so I could get with you sooner. Do you want me to pick you up or are you coming to town?"Dave was happi...ly surprised. "I just need a quick shower and I'll be there in under an hour." I'll just wait for you here at the house." Thanks, I'll be there soon."Dave got in the shower and felt a little refreshed but his mind was still on Jennifer. As he pulled out of the campground, he paused to talk as he normally would to several friends. They. It wasn’t long before he met my mother, Madison. They fell in love hard and fast, and the rest is history!”“Impressive, I do love a good American Dream story. Do you work in the family business too?”“No, I actually decided to go my own direction,” Becky replied. “I’ve always been fascinated by jewelry and precious stones, so I got my degree in gemology from the University of Kansas, mainly from the awesome scholarship they offered me, and now work in the diamond business in Kansas City.”“Very. “I think we’ve come across the book called The Wisdom of Ptolemy. And by the looks of it, it was placed here to be found.”“You think this is the book that the monastery copied?”“An ink analysis would verify it,” Keith answered her question. “There aren’t that many manuscripts that were written with cyanide laced ink.”“If you take the manuscript out of here with us,” Fry said, “you have to have a plan for releasing it, or you have to guarantee that it is going to be kept secret in your Guild. I. "Sharon..."She roused and looked into his face. "Lucas ... did you say something?" I forgot you had your ears in," he replied. "I was only sounding your name. I love saying it, Sharon. It's not a common name." Neither is Lucas," she replied."I guess it isn't. I didn't mean to wake you." That's all right." She snuggled against him. Lucas caressed the back of her wrist, stroking her fine, brown arm hair. He ran the backs of his fingers along the side of her breast. "I don't want to get up," she.