Well, he was, for the moment. She came back downstairs and beganto strip him. In her excited state Diana was even stronger than she was aware,and lift...ing him to remove his clothes was easy. She took his clothes and putthem in the "to-be-washed" basket in his laundry room. Finally, herattention turned to Tom. Diana opened her bag and it was teeming with rope and duct tape, as she wasunsure exactly restraint would be the best under the circumstances. But thishad gone like clockwork, so she felt. ‘You don’t need to apologize,’ he said. ‘I could have called you, too.’ The wine steward brought the wine, which was every bit as outstanding as Cap’n Jack promised. ‘I also understand you’re unattached right now,’ Jason said once the wine steward had left. Karen nodded. ‘And you…are…are you…?’ she said softly. ‘I’m unattached, too,’ he said. ‘I…I’m surprised to hear that,’ Karen replied. ‘I can’t believe you haven’t had the chance to get married. I mean…’ ‘I have,’ Jason said, interrupting. He had connections in the highest of places and could subtly influence the outcome of big cases: M&A's, Sarb-Ox compliance, shareholder derivatives suits-with little more than a phone call. These "private accounts" were handled by me alone, and I'd foolishly started ?borrowing? now and then. After all it was dirty money, and given the funds were illicit I figured he'd never say anything for fear I'd "out" his scam to the other partners. I grew bolder with time, and soon a brief but intense. I do miss you.”“That is so sweet of you to say that as I do miss hearing a man saying those things to me. I do miss you as well.”“Instead of advertising the fact that I’m picking you up, go upstairs to departures at the end or your airline’s terminal and call me on my cell. I will be in the cellphone lot waiting for your call.”“See you Lover, bye”.That call just brightened up his day and brought back some pleasant memories of being with Kerrie.The next day Dan made sure that his townhome was.