She ran across the latest story I had posted about her alone in a hotel room with a guy she used to work with. "The story is amazingly accurate" she s...aid, "your recollection of the events was right on, however, your grammar needs work". As she continued to read some of the other stories we'd posted, she stopped at the story about our neighbor Jerry and his son Tommy. "This was really similar to the fun we had at Tim and Kathy's summer party" she said. "You're right" I said. "Why don't you write. "This could work, though. I'm no expert on disguise but I do know people see what they want to see. Dress down in some good quality but worn clothes ... Maybe a wig under a seacap ... Dirty up the face a bit ... I think it could work. They certainly wouldn't be looking for you to be coming in on this piss-cutting teacup, that's for sure." Then it's settled," the Herceg nodded. "You'll need to tell me enough to sound like I'm a young trader on my own for the first time." That won't be hard,". She and her husband wanted to expand their greenhouse operation and sought new business in our area. Under the circumstances, I felt a contract to spell out such things as the condition of the plants at delivery, endurance to our weather conditions and availability of an additional order if sales went well needed to be included. Glancing at the typed paper I wondered if this was the right approach. I had spotted two typing errors. “Much better,” I agreed, smiling at Miss Jeffries as I took my. And then when did the divorce come through?’ ‘Seven years ago. We were married seventeen years altogether. It’s funny—it seems like so much longer since the divorce. But then, we hadn’t been getting along for years. Separate bedrooms, separate vacations, the whole bit, so it was hardly like we were even married towards the end.’ ‘But I was right, wasn’t I? You remembered the day. Even the date.’ She stared out at the dusk, the softly falling snow in the streetlights of the park. Despite.
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