Part 110 (1/2)

”For what?”

”For toht”

After four hours sleep, Sonja knocked on Scott's door ”Rise and shi+ne! Beach time!”

Scott swore to hiht stand, and then swore again Ugh! Scott forced himself out of bed and opened the door The vision of Sonja Lindstro suit that used noDespite 39 plus years ofaversions, Scott readied hi that reality and fantasy were often inseparable The question as this?

Was he really in the Caribbean? No!, he thought This is real!

Holy shi+t, this is real I wasn't as drunk as I thought Intoxi- cation takes many for breakfast sheto the nude beach, about a half ht,” she said as she shed her g-string on the isolated pristine coastline She was a natural blond with a dancer's body where the legs and buttocks e into one

”I am not!” He defended

”I bet you can't take the at the baggy swim suit he borrowed from the resort She lay down on her back, perfectly for at the sky Scott noticed only the faintest of tan lines several inches below her belly button She patted the huge towel, inviting Scott to join her There was rooht prove eht my intentions were honorable”

”Bull Neither are ain

”fuck it,” he said laughingly as he dropped his bathing suit and dropped quickly, facedown next to Sonja ”Ouch!” He yelled louder than the hurt orth ”I hate it when that happens,”

he said checking to make sure that the pieces were still intact

They spent the next two days exploring Half Moon Bay, the lush green hills behind the resort and each other Scott forgot about work, forgot about the hackers, forgot about Tyrone He never thought about Kirk, Spook, or any of the black And, he forgot, at least tempo- rarily about the incident with Pierre The world consisted of only two people,into each other so totally that no is

They slept no ht, ”I told you I wanted to thank you for toe early SundayScott's body was redder in some places than it had ever been, and Sonja's tan line all but disappeared They both knew that the fantasy was going to be over in the ht back to reality, but neither spoke of it The Here and Noas the only reality that they wanted to face

”I' to face Scott on the beach towel No matter in which direction she turned, her body stood tall and firled

”I had two days to loosen you up before you went back to that big bad city I'm ahead of schedule”

”What schedule?”

”Scott, we need to talk” Sonja reached over and touched Scott's shoulder He couldn't take his eyes off of her , for a very long tiet yourself involved, dedicated, and then find out in was all for the wrong reasons? That's how I feel now”

Saturday, January 10

It is not uncoley to arrive at their desks before 6:00 AM Even on a Saturday Today, Martin Te with the director Nothing special, just the weekly report He found that he could getHe enjoyed the time alone in his quiet office so he could complete the report without constant interruption Not fifteen ht, it's starting already

”Yeah?” Teruffly into the mouthpiece

”Martin?”

”Yeah, who's this?”