' Tomthought to himself in a moment of inner toughness.In fact Tom was in a contemplative mood for some reason. Operation SwanSong was coming to an en...d but had it and he accomplished their mission?Just how much was going to be changed as a result of Agent Ripley'swork?When Tom and Chuck arrived downstairs, they were greeted by members ofHiromi Sato's protective detail. Bodyguard Yuri was back at his job."Come this way, Boss. We have the limousine for your trip to Yanagawa."The Russian bodyguard. Then, I am to drive you up to Sir William's estate and you are to be her for the remainder of the weekend for the shooting party and also for the foxhunt that will mean you have to take the riding gear in the closet as well. Poor Claudia never really got the hang of sitting on the back of a moving horse so she barely used that stuff."I looked at Jolly with an expression of disbelief on my face. This was not something I had ever anticipated and I was downright nervous over the thought of having. "But the truth is, I don't know." And while it is technically true that I don't know how amnesia works, I was getting dangerously close to a topic I was NOT ready to divulge to her or anyone else."Are you looking forward to your Nurse's Assistant training this summer?" I asked, hoping to change the subject.I was surprised when she hesitated before answering."I'm going because Mom wants my sister and me to do it. I mean, I'm interested in science and all, but I don't want to spend my life taking. There were so many people in the house there was hardly a moment any of us were alone. On the second night, my wife’s sister and I found ourselves alone in the kitchen making some drinks to take outside to the bonfire. We knew it wouldn’t be long before we were no longer alone so I told her that I was a little embarrassed seeing her in person knowing she’s seen ‘all of me’. To my surprise she said, don’t be embarrassed and that over the past month she’s thought about it a few times while she.
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