I know what you pay your staff and I know I'll have to take a vow of poverty in order to work here."The table erupted in laughter and Armando countere...d with "Monk eh? Well at least with your head shaved, your hair won't wind up in the moquica." The meal continued with wine and cachaca toasts and finished with a fine old rum and sugar cured cigars.As the table cleared and everyone bustled off to prepare their costumes for the festival, Kaylee longingly remarked "That looks like fun, too bad I'm. Europeans demand good service unlike in the U.S. where we blindly accept the Wal-Mart model in which service is non-existent. The clerk walked us down two aisles and across to another, stopping in front of a small line of products. We thanked her and selected three. She explained what to do as I paid with my charge card.We walked hand in hand to the hotel and, once in the suite, my darling wife made a beeline for the bathroom. She returned a few minutes later with a huge grin on her face. . I slowly swung my legs off the bed and sat up, wiping the palms of my hands under my eyes. Then I saw the box of books sitting next to the bed. My memories were coming back; all of them. I looked at the box and sighed. Then I slowly pushed myself off the bed and walked over to the door. I peeked out into the hallway. Stephen's bedroom door was wide open and dark inside. I looked over to the stairs and could hear the television on downstairs in the living room. Then I stepped out into the hall. "So," I asked. "How did it go last night?"Leanne licked her lips, and held my gaze. "It didn't," she said. "I wanted to, but in the end, I just couldn't. They were in the kitchen when I got back, and I stood in the hallway, wanting to go to see them, wanting them to smell the sex on me, wanting them to find out. But when it came down to it, I just couldn't. I ran upstairs and showered, and later the moment was gone. I think that's why I've been so frustrated today. Up till now, anyway!" She.