” Bev found this most amusing. Sharron could hear her laughing to herself in the kitchen as she re-filled their glasses. She returned to the garden ...shaking her head and still laughing. “Ok, but as I recall, we got through quite a few icebergs in those days.” Bev said. still chuckling to herself, “What exactly have you told him?” Sharron explained that she had told Dan about the lads on their last holiday. She told Bev that she had confessed that she’d actually had sex with Dan’s mate, Phil and. Well, he’s beyond anyone talking to him.”“Okay.”He nodded and then yelled down to the water, “Come on up, Ron.”Ronald climbed up to the camp, and he was much as Dara remembered him. He was every bit as big and hairy as her father, and had been just as wild in his youth. Those days were gone, and his brown beard was now neatly trimmed in deference to his career in academia. Out on the lake, he had abandoned his working attire for a t-shirt and shorts.“Well, as I live and breathe. Is this Dara?”. After a minute, she pulled out a debit card that had a picture of gifts on it and said, “Here, take this and buy yourself something that will make you look like a million dollars. Of course, don’t spend quite that much on it. Maybe keep it under ten thousand.”Shuana looked at the card like it was rattlesnake, afraid to touch it. Taking her hand, Ling dropped the card in it and said, “Go shopping.”“Yes, Ma’am,” Shuana replied. She left and went to her room where she cried for a full ten minutes. " Okay, so why now?" I asked. "Why wait until now?" Why now?" she said. "Well, last Friday he left the company and is now working for someone else. For a whole year I could do nothing but be polite and get on with my job but now it's my time to get even." Okay, so what do you want from me?" I asked."To tell you the truth I really don't know at the moment," she smiled weakly,"but I take it you may have some ideas." Well yes," I said, "a few." Okay, so here's the deal," she said. "I'm yours to do.