the TV show producer was saying, waving his clipboard at everyone as they emerged from the shuttles. “Your bags will be taken to your rooms. Ballroom inside and to the left. Move along, please. We have a schedule to keep.” Adam retrieved Jesus from the Englishwoman, thanking her politely for watching the cat while he tried to plead his case with Sally. Hero seemed to be a bit peeved with him, although he couldn't understand why. She'd said she liked cats, and Jesus had obviously taken to her, something he didn't do with many women. He was about to ask Hero if it was her first time in the Caribbean when the women he'd tried so hard to escape earlier pounced on him, driveling on about his cat, and how thrilled they were to meet him in person. He shot Hero a look begging for her help, or at the very least sympathy, but she didn't take pity on him, strolling on ahead without so much as a glance back at him. She really was something, he thought to himself as he followed the crowd into a brightly lit ballroom.
