”Charity forced a thin smile. “If my sister is to walk to her death, then she should do so in her best dress.”Constance gestured at his chest an...d whispered “How... ?”Ezekiel leaned closer and whispered, “Stockings with grain in their ends. And Charity sewed for me a ... foundation garment. It holds them in the right places against my chest. It is quite, ah, novel to have this extra weight on my chest. And the dress feels strange against my legs.”Constance giggled softly. “But it certainly gives. It took only a moment to get my room in order. As I finished, I heard commotion in the room next door. Honey apparently was in her room, doing her organizing thing.I gave her a few minutes, then knocked on the adjoining door. After a bit, Honey opened her door. She laughed and asked, "O.K., how did you pull THIS off?" I protested strongly (NOT) and said, "What are you talking about?" She replied with a, "Don't give me that stuff - I saw how the Front Desk woman gushed over you! You can probably. Now, three years after my move to the east coast, I have been transferred to New York City where Ihave a nice, upscale, one bedroom flat in Manhattan. Robert is twenty years old, and has completedhis sophomore year at a very well known West coast school; he is preparing to come spend the summer with me.I have not dated much since arriving in New York City. To be truthful, my world has centered on mywork and little else since my divorce.I did not see things unfolding as they did; if I had, I. . we, are technically a foreign owned company, so if AIS were to indulge in a very hostile takeover, who back in Washington would even care?”That’s my thoughts too. We’re looking at a very hostile takeover attempt in the next month or so. I think they’ll wait for her to file her motions, which you’ll immediately quash. Then they’ll finalize their Plan B and unleash the hounds of corporate war.”“Precisely. Your security’s already keeping an eye on this and thinks they can identify the intrusion.