I understood why and how the Saudi broker did it when we bought one of the G5s; they had hundreds of billions of petro dollars to play games with and ...no taxes.This plane was in California; the land of crazy taxes, laws and fruitcakes. Maybe the fruitcake part explained it all; a fruitcake with money.Marcy had looked at expanding by adding several sites in California, but quickly decided against it last year. She found out the taxes were 10 times higher than any other state and that California. The girls knocked and I send him packing. Hell, after Bubba everyone was a let down.The forth guy was my three to six man. Man was correct, he was my age. He was an Iraq Vet finishing up his Master’s Degree at our University. In fact he was in one of my classes. I thought that it might become weird or something but he said that he had had a crush on me all semester. I had also noticed him in my class. I kind of wished that he was my last one for the day, then I would have tried to get him to. A moment for her to focus, another for her to process, and her smile illuminated her face.“I thought I was having a wonderful dream. I was all warm, and felt so safe, and relaxed. I felt somebody looking at me, but could not figure out who, or where they were. When I opened my eyes, and saw you simply looking at me, well, did you know you were smiling?”I shook my head negatively. “Well, you were. You looked satisfied with yourself, just like you were thinking, ‘Yeah, I did that! I rocked her. They talked desultorily of work. She was feeling impatient, wondering why he was here wasting her time. He was socially awkward, sure, but honestly! Was he really that oblivious?“So when does the visiting professor arrive?”“Supposed to have already been here, but the last we heard, maybe another 2-3 weeks.”“Do they still have the apartment for those here?”“Oh, yes. The housekeepers have had it clean now for 3 weeks—swept, mopped, vacuumed, kitchen and bathroom cleaned, sheets and towels washed..
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