She looked around and saw that he had a bottle of whiskey on the nightstand. “Be a dear and go get some mixers. I thought I saw some machines down i...n the stairwell at the end.”Roger nodded. “Sprite or something.”“That’s fine.”He grabbed his wallet and what passed for an ice bucket and left the room. A couple of minutes later he was back, carrying some Sprite cans in the bucket. “Sorry, the ice machine is busted.” He looked around the room. Amanda had brought a couple of plastic-wrapped cups out. Within half an hour they were on the road in Aldo’s Ferrari with the top down, sun shining and the sea breeze blowing in their hair. Xav was quiet, but Aldo didn’t seem to have any trouble filling in the blank spots with idle chatter, mostly about cars. Xav had wondered when they first arrived if his friend wasn’t having some kind of identity crisis, given the expensive hunks of metal that populated his front drive. He’d since abandoned that idea after listening to Aldo and Dominic go on for. Many women go on to have healthy children after a miscarriage." How long should Guy and I wait to start trying again?" Wait at least until you are out of my office," he said with a grin. "There's no need to wait. I will caution you to get back to me as soon as you know you're pregnant. I will want to monitor things a little closer. Also, some of the scarring from the DNC might make it a little difficult to get pregnant. Not impossible, I just don't want you to get discouraged if it doesn't. There won't be an envelope in it for you, but I would appreciate it if you would take care of him after the dinner." Do I tell him you sent me?" No, but I will hint to him that you have been known to cheat on your husband and if I know him as well as I think I do he will hit on you. Just take it from there." He isn't fat and ugly is he?" Fat no, but ugly? That depends on your personal definition of what constitutes good looks." Oh goody - a blind date. Just what a girl my age needs." Oh give it.
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