Once inside, introductions were made. Of course I knew the boys but both Don and Rachel were new. It almost immediately seemed like we’d been close ...friends forever. I looked at Jennifer and she gave me a big smile letting me know she was happy. During the conversations, Jennifer and my wedding came up. After explaining the accommodation issue, we assured them that we’d come to visit again on our honeymoon.Harry and Phillip both wanted to talk about Haida Gwaii. “I dug out that old atlas that we. "You're still the cutest angel in the heavens..."Giggle. "You can't sit, you can't lay flat, I can't lay on my back..." We did pretty good spooning this afternoon," I said."Yeah," she smiled. "We did."We were able to replicate that position, and it felt good to hold my Cindy in my arms again. I was starting to doze off, the magical scent of my Cindy, her touch filling my senses, satisfying me, when she said softly, "I love you, Dan..." I love you, Cindy." The painkiller did its work and I went. Then he pointed out some of the other major stars of the summer sky, giving me their Hawaiian names rather than their more conventional monikers."There's Humu," he said, pointing a bright star low in the east. And that's Lehua-Kona, the Southern Lehua Blossom."Hoku-lei came next, followed by Me'e, with Keoe being another formation off in the direction of the rising sun. Hoku Pa'a was directly north, and stationary in the sky. It was pointed to by the seven bright stars of Na Hiku. And the. Still perfect. Jon moved me into his quarters, way up on the 26th floor at the Casino hotel he and his family own. I had come to realize that this was not a poor or simple man. My first notice of him was a simple security man, he fit the part. Then he was a massuer, and good at it. He also fit the part. Then I watched as he expertly worked the bar in the executive lounge, next he was organizing staff in one of the restaurants. Yes, more than a first glance would suggest. I managed make it just.
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