Ashley and Geoff did not want to meet at a restaurant or in their home so they rented a room at the Sheraton. When Cliff arrived for the interview, he... dressed in a jacket but no tie. This was an interview but not for a job, it was for a relationship.Ashley had opened the door and said "hi" in a soft voice. She and Geoff were well-dressed. Both wanted to look good for him he thought. That was a good sign."Hi, I'm Cliff and you look amazing." Cliff gently touched her hand but did not shake it.. She turned the radio on, which was tuned to a classical music station. There was rarely anything fresh on the radio, even the news tended to be dull and repetitive and, of course, it was almost impossible to maintain orchestras to produce new recordings. She sipped her tea and sighed.Finished, she rang the kitchen and asked for her evening meal to be delivered to ‘Major Prestwick’s quarters’. The kitchen were fairly accustomed to this by that point, and didn’t query that she’d been there only. Em crossed her arms behind her at the wrist and took in her new surroundings.It resembled nothing so much as her mother’s bedroom complete with a bed covered in too many pillows and a polished vanity in the corner. “It's not often that I see a new face here. Someone has been telling tales out of school. Who are you, young lady?”Em jumped and had to suppress her bladder when she realized she was not alone. Another woman, only a few years older than her, sat in a previously unnoticed rocking. That made me feel a whole lot better about my odds of fighting these guys and actually winning.I took all of the limited personal effects with me and hoped that this would be more than enough stuff to start my investigation with later back in Vegas.I decided that I could drive one of their pickup trucks back to Vegas, but I wasn't happy about abandoning the horses here. The poor beasts would just drink from Hali Lake and die slowly and madly until they became food for the cougars. Besides it.