London, Swan Offices; 8:55 amThey had all met in the small conference room of the new Swan offices this morning to discuss some accounts that had, so far, been handled by Ellen and Rachel, but were going to be taken over by David and his team as of next month.Their first seminar at the conference

David laughed as he told this. He shrugged and smiled in Colleen’s direction. “So,” he concluded, “In the end it was me who took the trip… And I’m actually glad that it was me instead of Harry.”Everyone laughed at the way he said it, and Colleen reached out, patted his shoulder and smilingly sighed

Lake Cabin; 6:05 pmJoe scrolled through his work on the computer screen one more time. The program was finished! With the weather having been disgusting until maybe half an hour ago, he had worked on it since the morning, with only two short breaks – one for lunch and one for a quick coffee to over

D stopped typing. Closed her eyes. Swallowed. Opened her eyes again. This was silly! Sending him anything in writing when she neither knew what she really wanted to tell him nor which kind of mood he might be in when he read it, was crazy. She had survived until now and she’d survive the last eighte

“Wait. Don’t turn it off!” Jack had come up beside her. “Now that it’s running, we better try to get it to the dealership. You may need a new fuel pump if it just craps out like that. So, I’d like to look at it tomorrow. Just don’t turn it off until we get over there.”Sarah slowly nodded. “Okay. Th