But it had really only been a second or two. "And?" she finally said. "He just said 'hi'." "Did you say 'hi' back." I paused. "I think so." "Do you li...ke him?" "He's a nice guy." "You know what I mean." Ms. Dailey always showed complete confidence, and was going to get at the root of the matter. "He's OK," I said. "You evidently remembered that small exchange." That was true, but of course even such a little thing stood out in my life. I wished Ms. Dailey would move on to something else even. Nora said, “Don’t worry, this isn’t the monkey crap coffee.”Her words were true and Ed relaxed. Shuana asked, “What’s this about monkey crap coffee?”“Kopi Luwak is a coffee that is made from the beans that have passed through digestive system of a monkey,” replied Nora. The animal that digested the beans wasn’t a monkey, but a marsupial called a Luwak. It ate only the ripest and best coffee berries. Unable to process the bean, it passed through the digestive system and was left on the ground. "We had a couple of brandies on the plane. I hate flying so they helped me to forget where we were. Silly, I know, but I'll never be comfortable in a plane no matter how many times I fly.Cherry loved it, though, and kept pointing to boats down below in the ocean."Look, Johnny, aren't they small?"They were probably bigger than three houses on top of each other but they looked smaller than a toy from up where we were."I bet she's into girls," she said as the stewardess passed by yet again."Ask. "Mmmmmm," Karen moaned softly when her lips parted from Bret's. "I've been waiting for that all day. I didn't think we'd ever get away from the others." Neither did I," Bret said as the young brunette eased from his arms, moving back a step or two. "But the wait was worth it." Are you sure?" Karen smiled coyly at her step cousin. "What if I'm not in the mood?" It would be the first time since that night you spent with us when Aunt Mona and your father were on their honeymoon." He chided her,.
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