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"Don't get your hopes up"

"I never hope," I said "I go after what I want and I usually get it Usually"

"But not always," she said "You've lost before"

"Oh, yeah," I said and peered around into the great roo to see someone but the place was empty "Everyone must be down at the beach"

Then, I walked her up to the bedroo hallway of roo to be here, and then my room at the end I opened the door and she walked in

I could sense her amazement when she took it in

A huge four poster king sized bed sat in one corner Beside it stood a chest of drawers, a small plush sofa and chair A set of double patio doors opened onto a personal balcony that overlooked the greens and ocean

"This is fantastic," she said and opened the patio door She stepped on the balcony and I heard her take in a deep breath of salt air "It's heaven"

I went to her side and rested ht, I like to hear the roar of the surf We're close enough that you can hear it when the doors are open You can see some pretty decent stars as well There aren't too "

She s Shot, what's first on the agenda?"

"So to eat If you look down at the beach, you can seearound a table by the barbecue"

"Sounds good," she said and together we left the house andpool, to the beach

I wondere

d as there People usually arrived Friday night for one of our weekends, and stayed until Sunday afternoon, but people cas

I took her hand and prepared towhat kind of weekend it would be