House keeping in Silicon Valley
Paul Tully saw the woman from the swimming pool. She had a clipboard, keys and walked from door to door, three floors above him with 17 steps between floors. Sometimes she knocked at the doors and other times she walked past. She wore a pink housecoat. The pink was similar to the hybrid roses near the pool, next to the white foxgloves. The housekeeping lady knocked at his door. Not a good sign, he thought. He wanted to stay at least another night but it appeared he was on the departure list. Three children carrying green towels ran past the woman. He clambered out of the heated pool. It was exciting swimming outside in the morning after going for a run, especially with palm trees around. He had to remind himself he was not here on vacation but for business. He looked up, saw and heard an aeroplane, circling to land at nearby San Jose airport. Paul was the Hotel Reye, Sunnyvale, California, 40 miles south of San Francisco. Yahoo, Applied Micro Devices and