”“I bet nobody cares. I bet most people ignore us. I bet anyone who does look will smile and make some cute comment then forget about us.”“Wha...t will you bet?” I stood up straight and stared Liz straight in the eye. “If I do this and you’re wrong, what will you do?”Liz hesitated and looked at me, realizing that I was serious. She bit her lip and then held out Dougal. “Dougal! If I lose, then I’ll give you Dougal.”Her voice wavered slightly. Suddenly she wasn’t so confident anymore. Now that she. “Good Morning Mrs Smeathers, welcome on board, Sarah will show you to your seat,” and then I saw Adam approaching along the air bridge. He was busy chatting to a fellow passenger, and it wasn’t until he got nearly to the aircraft door and handed me his boarding card that he looked up and realised who had taken it from him.I smiled broadly. “Good morning, Mr Flowers; welcome on board. My name’s Michelle and I’ll be looking after you on your flight to Bahrain today — may I take your coat and show. "Have a drink with me." He pulled two chipped glasses out and poured a couple fingers into each.I took the one he offered me and we raised them in honor and both took a mouthful. The liquor tasted horrible. It may have had a brown caramel colour but it was in no way bourbon, it tasted like rubbing alcohol mixed with a little dirt. "That is the worst thing I ever tasted." I said, setting the glass onto the desk."Really?" he asked, "I quite like it, I mixed about two tablespoons of bacon grease. When he released her suddenly and stepped back, grinning, Eva almost lost her balance. Her face flamed again, and she pulled frantically on her skirt, trying to cover herself at last. The buttons on her blouse were undone, as was her skirt, which fell to her feet, no longer held between their bodies. With a cry of dismay, she bent to retrieve it, but her accoster had stepped on it. She looked directly at him for the first time that morning and saw an arrogantly handsome man, a rugged cowboy.
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