Cat looked down at the floor knowing that was exactly what she had planned on doing. It would be a small fraction of her money, but it would be a pers...onal treat to make up for the sacrifice she was making to get out of debt."I nailed that one, didn't I?" Amber said."Yes."Looking down at the direction sheet on the sewing pattern, Amber asked, "Will you teach me how to sew?" Sure," Cat answered thinking that she didn't have anything better to do."Great. I have an appointment with the beautician. It’s a large bay called Kamarai and is known to be a windy place as the north wind accelerates over the mountain ridge running east-west that is Kos, and comes down hard on the back of the island. While it may be windy, when you anchor a hundred meters from the beach in sand, there are no waves and the bottom is ‘Velcro’; the anchor never drags. Going north in the Aegean usually means going dead into the wind and a sailboat requires at least a 45 degree angle to the wind to move. So you can. ’How did I feel about that? I was pleased for Sam, as she had done agreat job picking up my role during my convalescence and she deservedit. I did feel an unexpected pang of jealousy; after all, I had done thegroundwork in Bangkok, and she was reaping the benefit. If it hadn’tbeen for the trouble stirred up by that journalist, that might have beenmy job. On the other hand, that had given me the chance to move on withmy life in a completely different direction. Would I have preferred thejob to. She was in her late twenties, married, and the store gossip.We started going out on Friday night after work for a few drinks. She was fun to hang out with, especially since I knew so few people. We talked about work. Airel always let me know the latest scuttlebutt at work and who was fucking who.As the drinks flowed, it was always the same question from her. She would ask, "Anna, when will you find a guy to date you?"I would smile and just shrug my shoulders.…………………………………………………The days, weeks,.