“Thank you so much for your help, Ray. I was wondering, umm ... would you be interested in getting something to eat with me?”He gave her an astoni...shed look; he obviously didn’t see that coming.“I’d like that,” he said appreciatively.“Hop in then,” she said playfully.After putting the flat tire and the rest of the tools in the trunk of her car, they sped off towards ‘The District’ at Green Valley Ranch which was only a couple of miles from their law firm.The District was a small assortment of. Hey, it was chilly in there. Not to mention my exhibitionism was kicking in realizing I was going to be with them for a while, if I survived. They applied some rinse fluid to the wounds and some creams. Still totally naked, my table was rolled out into another room where I was transferred into a machine that seemed to be some kind of scanning unit. They turned me over and scanned both sides and from each side. Then I was wheeled out of this room into the main corridor, down it for a way, and. Fucking jerks, Kurtzberg thought, his face burning.Kurtzberg had a backlog of data to work through, so he didn't get round to leaving the office until after seven. The bars he drove past were already filling up with happy couples.Kurtzberg went home to his cold, dark flat. The terms of his lease meant he couldn't even keep a pet. There was nothing and no one to greet him as he opened the front door and walked through into his living room. He slumped down in his armchair.He wasn't going to. " Ay, Papi! He's always causing trouble." Pots and kettles." Yann quipped. "You should talk."I caught a reflection in a mirror to my right. "Knock it off, boys." I took a step to my left and considered what I was seeing.The Association President and the Deputy Secretary for HUD were looking a lot cozier than they should. They both kept glancing over their shoulders. They were in the middle of a very public event for a conversation that looked so private. Until I realized that they were in an.