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He couldn’t help hiht froton landed Amid the rows of Euro sedans and coupes, he spotted a black MINI John Cooper Works Pitt couldn’t resist the 20 liter, four-cylinder Twin Power Turbo, sixty-two rade while Loren was in the ladies’ room

“Last car they had left,” he said as he cos into the microscopic backseat

“Oh, right,” Loren said s the promotion with Mini Cooper and kneas a done deal Once outside the city they traveled north frohlands Loren settled into her seat and enjoyed watching Pitt and the car work as one as he shifted through the curves and around the hilly terrain She laughed to herself She did know her husband

Occasionally they pulled off so they could ad vistas Slowly the deep blue lakes that dotted the low, rollingthe farther north they traveled

The road ultih a patchwork of lush far the town of Inverness At the confluence of the River Ness and Moray Firth, the bustling harborfront city was known as the capital of the Highlands Pitt drove through the city, crossed the River Ness, then followed its westerly course until it ed by the famous loch

Loren gazed down the length of Loch Ness, which extended to the horizon “It’s ht”

“Offering plenty of places for Nessie to hide,” Pitt said

“It’s beautiful, monster or no”

They followed the north shoreline for several e of Drumnadrochit and the ruins of Urquhart Castle The thirteenth-century fortress, on a pro the lake, becaraphed in the nearby waters was alleged to be the Loch Ness Monster

Pitt passed a busload of tourists and continued down the road, cruising through a handful of tiny villages Near the lake’s ate flanked by stone columns and a massive header Inscribed on the keystone were McKEE and the iht

“I believe this is the place,” Pitt said

“Modest residence” Loren gazed down the drive at an i stone manor

A uniforuard checked their naate to a side parking lot Pitt pulled to a stop alongside a Mercedes-Maybach sedan that was dropping off several smartly dressed women

Loren looked at Pitt and cringed “We couldn’t have arrived in sonified?”

Pitt leaned over and kissed her “It wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun”