She had just finished cleaning the dishes after the lunch crowd had passed through. Dish washing time was not a chore assigned as drudge work, but mor...e of a social hour. That was a time when a lot of Hearths dropped in to chat with each other while doing things in the kitchen. Quite a few Swords and Shields came by at that time as well. A lot of information got passed around while doing dishes.She asked, “How are you today?”“I’m fine. Just trying to decide about this job.”“I know what you mean.. Given they were serviced, there wouldn't be all that much to be done.Leaving the hospital, with an afternoon free, I planned a visit to the local nude beach. As I commenced preparations Rebecca learned of my intentions and asked to accompany me. Without reiterating all the details of the discussion, the many pros put up by her and the equally many cons put up by myself, suffice to say I eventually relented.The two kilometer walk from the car park to the nudist bay was very pleasant, the weather. It ground a lot but didn't catch. Well isn't this swell, a million miles from nowhere and the car goes belly-up! Maggie looked at her watch and saw that it was almost four in the afternoon and figured that it would be dark in a couple of hours and she didn't really want to be alone in her car on an isolated road after dark. She knew there wasn't anything behind her, at least for almost 50 miles so she opened the door and stood on the seat and looked south. She thought she could just make out. We ordered food and some wine, and we all gossiped and laughed. Dinner was complemented with a really dark coffee that was just amazing. After that, we ordered another bottle of wine and kept on talking. All in all, we had a nice chat and got to catch up with the latest events in our lives.We said good-bye at around midnight, and Valentina and I went home. It was totally dark when we got there since we had forgotten to leave some lights on. Our parents had moved abroad a couple of years ago,.