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schooling. Now to have this hurled at them, it was going to be a huge blow for the family. Perhaps problems already existed and this was his way out. As far as she knew, Simms was single.
     
    'Sticky stuff,' Cathy thought, as she finished her shower and got ready for an evening out.
     
    At a local restaurant down the road, Cathy had a good meal of surf and turf. She was famished and could have just ordered another main course but decided on dessert instead. She glanced around the restaurant which was less crowded now. Two couples who seemed very much in love had finished their food but lingered in small talk. The rest of the world could have been blown to pieces for all they cared, they only had eyes for each other. Cathy wondered if in twenty years they would be feeling the same way.
     
    'How do you fall out of love?' she thought.
     
    Everybody had their recipe for falling in love but few realised when love went flying out their window into someone else's arms.
     
    Here, she was being given the impossible task of ending a marriage or would this be a means for its survival? She took a deep breath, paid her bill and swung the door open to leave. And then she saw them.
     
    As if she did not have enough proof, Dieter Deppe and Yolanda Simms came out of the restaurant on the opposite corner of the road. Just like the couples inside, they too seemed to have eyes only for each other. Holding on tightly, they kissed passionately as he opened the car door to let her in. Then when both car doors were closed, Cathy saw them at it again. Kissing, locked in a tight embrace and as their car drove past her, she saw Simms leaning on his shoulder and Cathy knew, this was the end of his career in MoonStar Queensland.
     
    Arrogant by their authority and selfish with their passion, nothing else mattered to the two lovers. Cathy drove back to the hotel and did her best to steer clear of them.
     
    Just before lunchtime the next day, she saw him again. All morning, phone calls had been made, emails sent and decisions finalised. As she sat in his office with the doors closed, she slowly handed him the twenty-six pictures that would change the course of his career. Deppe seemed convinced that he was not in trouble until she explained what she had seen the previous night. He grew red in the face but denied little which was decent enough.
     
    "You will be transferred, so will she. To different properties, of course and at different times. We will release an official statement saying your expertise is required elsewhere. You will give Simms a two week vacation which will give you more than enough time to prepare a handover. In the meantime, I would recommend that the two of you do not speak."
     
    Cathy waited for a response and got none so she continued.
     
    "I will be leaving today but the others from Corporate Office will be arriving. Regional Human Resources will be arriving tomorrow, they would like to interview some of the associates and heads of departments. My boss, Senior VP of Communications, Eugena Nabb will be arriving on Friday to work with your Public Relations Manager on the press releases and other media matters."
     
    His lips quivered slightly as she stood up and made her way to the door. She heard a soft, "I'm sorry, you must be having a rotten perception of me."
     
    Cathy turned to face Deppe again, "With all due respect, you're apologising to the wrong person. What I think of you is the least of your problems. All the best, Mr. Deppe."
     

ANTIGUA, CARIBBEAN
     
    October 2007
     
    Located in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean region, Antigua is well known for its rustic tourist charm. Its native name Wadadli was changed to Antigua which means “ancient" in Spanish. This change was made by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and was accepted by its locals. With a population of eighty thousand, it is estimated that more than thirty thousand people currently live in its capital, St. John's.
     
    Between its first occupants, the