Nonplussed she held up thelighter. "Keep the pack, Casanova. I'm a sales rep for the company.Like I said, it's not your brand but you might get to lik...e them."He slipped the tip of the long unusually thin cigarette into the brightgas flame of the lighter. He drew and his mouth and lungs filled withthe light liquid sensation of smoke. It tasted strange, almost sweet.He exhaled then drew on it again. The smoke was somehow moresubstantial than his brand and the aroma was mild and earthy. Heexhaled.. "One of the fire alarm bells went off on the third floor and everything has to be reset," he explained. "It shouldn't take more than a few minutes." What the hell," Bobby thought, deciding that maybe the movie wasn't a great idea after all. "maybe I'll just go for a walk down by the water."He'd just turned in the opposite direction when some kind of commotion broke out behind him. A number of people ran past him to see what was going on, but he wasn't interested. He'd had enough of the noise of. "This offer is to you personally, Chuck in connection with your recent experiences, but it's conditional on CS&S hiring all the employees and getting the planes flying again by tomorrow!"I looked at Steve, saw that he had no reservations, and was all for the deal, so I turned back to Jesse."OK! I'll do it!" I said, wondering what we were getting ourselves into. What if Bill hadn't got his facts straight? Anyway, I pulled out another of my American Express debit cards, and handed it to Jesse,. It was on purpose and it was beautiful. What, oh what will happen next, he thought.Abruptly, the meeting ended. Well, it seemed abrupt to Jake as he was lost in time enjoying the view. He awkwardly pushed back his chair and stood. The room cleared fast as the old bitties shuffled off to the cocktail room. He found himself alone in the room with Ms. Jules."Uh, nice um, presentation Ms. Titan," he stammered. She laughed and it was music to his ears; warm, genuine and somehow very erotic and.