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A few s froed up the stairs to his building that had once been a warehouse built during the Civil War and later reht wave before disappearing inside
After a short drive along the Potoan National Airport and drove along a dirt road to Pitt's old hangar that stood several hundred yards off the end of the runways Built in the early nineteen thirties to house the aircraft of a long-vanished airline, Pitt hadand refurbishing it as a place to store and maintain his classic car and aircraft collection
"You picking ?" Pitt asked as he exited the car
Gunn shook his head and cracked a suest list The Secret Service will send a car for you"
Pitt turned and pressed a series of codes into his exotic security syste a wisp of dust behind the rear bumper He opened the door that looked weatherith cracked and peeling paint and stepped inside
The sight never failed to excite hiant showroom The entire interior walls, rounded roof and floor were painted a bright white, which enhanced the dazzling display of vivid colors on a fleet of th
irty classic auto, a 1932 Stutz, a 1929 L-29 Cord and a 1936 Pierce-Arroith a ether in a roere a 1936 Ford hot rod, Dirk's Meteor sports car and a bright red 1953 J2X Allard Two aircraft sat in the back of the hangar, an early-nineteen-thirties Ford Tri one wall stretched a long Pullman car emblazoned with the words Manhattan limited across its side The only objects that seemed out of place were the upper cabin of a sailboat mounted on a rubber raft and a bathtub with an outboard motor mounted on one end
He climbed up the circular iron steps to his apartar, tiredly carrying his gear bag and suitcase on his shoulders The interior of the apartment looked like the sales floor of a nautical antique shop Furniture fros of seascapes and models of ships on shelves built into the walls filled the living rooround off the island of Kauai in Hawaii
He unpacked his bag and threw the old clothes in a ha and dropped them in as well Thankfully, he stepped into the teakwood shower, turned the water as war his skin until it tingled When he was through, he toweled off and walked to his bed, settled across the bedspread and instantly fell asleep
Darkness had fallen when Loren Sar with her own key She ca been alerted to his arrival by Rudi Gunn She found hi naked across the bed, deep asleep Her lips spread into a sensual smile as she leaned over and pulled a bedspread over him
When Pitt awoke six hours after he dropped off, he could see stars through the overhead skylights His nostrils also detected the arorill He saw the bedspread over his body and s Loren had put it there He rose and pulled on a pair of khaki shorts and a flowered silk shirt, then slipped into a pair of sandals
Loren looked lovely in a snug pair of white shorts and a striped silk blouse, her ar on the deck of her aparth when Pitt reached around her waist with his arms and squeezed as he nuzzled her neck
"Not now," she said in mock irritation, "I'm busy"
"How did you knoas drea about a steak for the last five days?"
"I don't have to be a psychic to know that's all you ever eat Now sit down and mash the potatoes"