“Yeah mister, you’d better spill the beans” said Melody with her own grin.“Now, now, ladies...” I said with hands out in a placating motion,... “You wouldn’t want me to get in bad with ‘The Boss’ would you? All good things come to those who wait. I got us all invited along for a little ride is all, and if I tell you more it will totally spoil the surprise, and you really don’t want that now do you?” Both looked like that was precisely what they wanted, so I said, “Now do you? By the way, wasn’t I. He didn’t go down to Acapulco just to watch the sunset, nice as it was. He didn’t wear his ring, of course, and even if he had, the local senoritas wouldn’t give a hoot about that, any more than the various gringo tourists. Well, Ned felt a bit of peace for now, but then he saw it….the letter from Chloe Samuels, expected soon to be Chloe Morris. That bitch, why did she have to mess with my peace of mind? Ned shrugged, finished the last sip of his rum to steel himself, and opened the letter. Other than that, today is my day off. Would you mind if we ran your errands together? Otherwise I’ll be bored on my day off.’ Carter gave me a boyish grin, and I couldn’t resist. All I had to do was mail a manuscript, stop at the grocery store and pick up some art supplies. ‘Okay,’ I agreed happily. ‘I’m going to run out to my truck. I keep a spare set of clothes in there. I’ll be right back. Don’t go anywhere Beautiful.’ He threw on his jeans from the night before and got ready to head. ”Suzi burned red, it took a lot more blush to get through her dark cheeks than what little stimuli could set off Renée or Marin. She smiled at me.“OK, do you want us to make ourselves busy?” Connie asked, “I think we’re all curious but I can corrale everyone into a game of Trade and Betray if we have to.”“I, uh, ye--”“It’s alright,” Suzi shook her head as I quieted up, “Just let us get way under the covers before you guys start floating around.”“We’re not going to climb in bed with you,”.