.."I suppose I tried to justify my behaviour to myself by thinking ofthe fifteen years Perry and I were together, and all the hard work I'dput in to m...ake something of this place. To see it going to someoneelse..." She shook her head. "But I knew in my heart that I wasnever the Countess, only the Earl's mistress. I had a good run, buthe was never going to marry me."There was silence. Eleanor sipped her tea, making a noise that wassomewhere between a slurp, a hiccup, and a sob. From what. The pub reminded me of home: Friendly atmosphere, cheap drinks and great friends. We closed the place down, not really leaving much alcohol behind the bar. No one was in any condition to make it safely home, so I invited everyone back to my hotel suite. I had plenty of room for everyone. They all agreed and off we went. Once back at the hotel we poured more drinks, not that we needed any more to drink. Now as you can guess, when you get a bunch of writers and Lush friends together, the. Since Alita was the closest to Marina's real age and the only one not improved yet they naturally gravitated together. They had a lot in common one way or another.The day had been long for Marina and we went back home for some rest. Tomorrow was to have another meeting so we could play our music. Marina couldn't wait for this now.Marina was offered a separate bed. She became upset and wanted to sleep with us. Megan said, "Your place is with us but we get very energetic when we get into bed. You. Nik and I laughed a little that we could now enjoy the fancy dinner we had planned, and come back to the hotel afterwards, and still have great sex. Although we were disappointed, there was a part of us that was also relieved. My phone buzzed again. Marcus said he could leave work early if we wanted to meet with him now. I showed the text to Nik. "What do you think"? I asked.She took a deep breath before responding. "Let's do it"I replied to Marcus with our room number. A few minutes later he.