November passed and so did December. My only contacts had been with my golfing partners and Paul and Miriam. Christmas was the lowest time I’d eve...r experienced. I had always decorated the house, but this year I couldn’t find the enthusiasm or the energy. Max somehow knew of my plight, never leaving my side and often placing his head on my leg to look at me with mournful eyes.I spent New Year’s Eve alone, retiring at ten without the energy or interest in the New Year’s festivities. As had. A busload of older looking grannies pulled up as I was checking in and several of them were incredibly hot. A few of them were the hottest older women I'd ever seen in my life. As it turned out I struck up a conversation with Alice, a cute petite blonde from Phoenix who invited me to have dinner with her friends. Now I remember that hot looking women usually hang out with other good-looking women and in this case it was no exception. That night, Alice introduced me to six of the hottest. "I didn't want things to get any more complicated." Fine," said Freddie. "Larry what's your take?" I'm not so sure," I said warily. "Look, I can't really have a point of view on what's secure or what's not. I just don't know enough about it. It's pretty obvious Sarah can't go back to working for Harry, she's lost his confidence. Equally she's been too involved in the business just to be sold on. We need to supply something to the Emir, we're committed on that and it needs to be Sarah or Cindy.. Despite all the shit she's been through, she is far more open and vulnerable than I am. She's sweeter. She's more emotional. The differences between me and Soph are a lot like the differences between Warren and Crash." Ah. I always wanted to ask you, how did you react when Warren and Sophia hooked up?" I put on a happy face, not trying to make Soph defensive or anything, but I worried. Boy did I worry. Now, remember what had just happened-I was thrilled Sophie had found a guy that wasn't going.