"Where was I?" Kim asked."'Boys.'" Oh, right - Well, once word got around that I was separated, and happy to be, I couldn't go into an office without ...someone hitting on me. Some less subtly than others. I had a guy today - I still can't believe it." She drank more of her port."Don't leave me in suspense," Connie pleaded."Guy's about 50 years old, got a paunch that looks like a basketball sitting on his belt and enough nose hair to sweep the storeroom."Connie laughed loud and hard, and knew that. I laugh and smile at his stupidity and mid laugh i see his body move towards my place next to wall. Out of the blue he takes my hands suddenly and pin them to the wall behind me, his green eyes very close to my face. That was rude little girl, you deserve punishment for that, his face dead serious. Threat or promise? i say a smile tugging at the corners of my lips. Order he whispers. I feel his breath on my neck and i feel so very turned on. Oh god, if only this was real. i start laughing and. And, Carl is a pretty intelligent man; it didn't take him long to figure out who I was either. Something I must have said led him to suspect -- correctly, it turns out -- that his expert and I had written some papers together. As an aside, I did talk with my friend who was one of the experts who testified at the case and she mentioned the lawyer she was working with. She said he was a totally professional and a charming southern gentleman. She offered a lament, too - it would have been. “Hello, may we still join you?” asked Peter.“Absolutely! Glad you could make it!”“I’m very sorry for not calling ahead, Martin. Minor communications breakdown between Peter and myself. We did bring cake, just in case you wouldn’t have enough. Hello dear, so very ... muah ... good to see you ... muah.”Peter came in behind her and mimed two sarcastic kisses at me.“More chairs then?” said my dad, who had come inside to see what the delay was. “Hi guys, come in. Ooooh, more cake! I was worried.