Beyond those peripheral discussions, we had never talked about our personal life outside of the office. That was fixing to change. It was a huge gambl...e for me, knowing how strongly the company felt about managers getting involved in the personal affairs of employees.“I have some pull in HR and I’d like to bump your hourly wage from $12 an hour to $19 an hour.”Rachel sat in stunned silence as she processed what I had just offered.“Oh my God!” she exclaimed, raising her hands to cover her. . "Danielle?"Danielle looked up. It was lunch time, and her feet had carried her away without her attention. Where she ended up she had no idea; all she knew was whom they'd carried her to."I..." she said to David. " ... Can we talk?"She was on the porch outside the Wilson building; it was where (or so her friends told her) David went now for his breaks. Evidently they were right. Angela Wentworth was there, and whatever group of friends she was involved in: Roger Gorman, Jose Villegas, Lisa. "I need you. I'm sorry for all those years when we barely saw each other. You've turned out to be a worldly lady. Beautiful too." He snuggled in closer to her."You exaggerate, Brother, but thank you. I'm proud of you too." She kissed him on the top of his bald head and pressed him to her breasts and held him tightlyBob had his arm around her, his face pressed against hers. "I'm sorry. I can't sleep. Talk to me. What happened with your marriage?" My husband asked me for a divorce. It was my. “It seems part of this trip was for Hawk to undergo some minor surgery, surgery which needs to go unnoticed and anonymous.”“Shit!” cried a frustrated Joel.A far calmer Tony queried, “Since you brought it up the way you did, I assume you have a solution?”“Actually, Maria is the one who made a simple observation and hit on the idea. She thinks, with makeup, Michael could easily cover for Hawk during his absence.”A surprised Tony exclaimed, “But, Michael doesn’t look anything like Hawk!”“Actually,.