She said something in reply that surprised me. She said she had made friends with an older couple that were staying at the hotel, and they had invited... her to eat dinner with them. She often seemed to take an interest in the people who stayed at the hotel, a lot more than I did, but I didn't expect it to go that far. Seeing my surprise, she explained that they were friends of some guests she had gotten to know well a few months back, but that didn't really make it seem any less surprising-- so. The mother and daughter pair turned quite a few heads as they walked. Jason couldn't believe it was the same little girl he had last seen 5 years ago."Heather!" Jason waved, and called out.She grinned and they came together for a huge hug. "I can never thank you enough for doing this for us Jason", she whispered in his ear. "Beth, aren't you going to give Uncle Jason a hug?"Beth shyly came over, and they hugged for the first time in years. "I missed you baby girl, you grew up on me," Jason. My phone is dead, and I saw the light on in your house. Could I use your phone to call for help?”I roused myself from staring at her and replied “Of course you can, come in out of the rain before you catch your death of cold.” I showed her the phone, excused myself, and went upstairs to get a large towel. I came downstairs to find her softly crying on my sofa. “Whats wrong..um?” I asked her as I didn't know her name. I handed her the towel and she started patting her hair. “Sorry for this.. It worked. She had my card, “Please leave enough on there so I can get gas. Thank you.”They left and I stuck around for a while before heading back to the boat. It was going to be a beautiful day so I just sat on the afterdeck and watched all the legs in short shorts go by.I dozed and was woken by somebody kissing me. it was Linda.“Where are Mutt and Jeff?”“Oh, they were having a mimosa and talking to a couple of guys. I felt like a fifth wheel and left.”“Oh, and what…”“Don’t worry. Terry saw.