A fated afternoon led me into her house. I cannot remember what task had brought me into their marital sanctum but I quickly recognized the play room... from my recurring dreams. Jane brought me a glass of lemonade. I thanked her. She smiled at me. I reached for a stool at the same moment she reached, bringing us for one instant too close. I could almost taste the tart heat of her breath as she lightly laughed. I kissed her. She moaned. I laced my fingers through her dark hair.. Paul turned serious again."Let's meet at the office before we go home. I'll fill you two in on my meeting with Miss Wright and some other things. I don't want to talk about it on the plane."The two men nodded their agreement."Jim," he said, "as soon you can after we land, get on your cell and call Bert Loehman at the office. Tell him I want him waiting in my office when we get back. We need to meet with him today."The three men sat without speaking for a minute. It signaled that business. .. She knew it. She felt our connection as strongly as I did. And the tour of all the interesting things about our school became a running conversation between us.I answered questions, but I looked at her as I spoke. I talked about everything that made our school special and great, but I was talking only to her. And when I finished by telling them that I could hardly wait for YOU to start school here in the fall, both of us knew that I was speaking directly to her.The cheers and applause I got. A lot of people spoke up at that point with pros and cons of such a trip. Most of the cons centered around the pirate situation.For some reason nobody could fathom, there had been an increase in piracy in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Ah-ha, the mention of pirates had caught our ear. The word was that many cruise ships were being hit by pirates down there, and most people were avoiding the area for that very reason.We were not really interested in going on a cruise because we.