I grinned, letting the trap snap shut. Oh, my dear, I can. I still have pictures of the anklet from when I picked it up from the jeweler. Steve was ve...ry particular about it being just right before he gave it to his little bitch. I put a bit of mocking sympathy in my voice. Though, to hear him tell the tale, his Lizas husband goes away on business so often, leaving his poor, neglected wife all alone at home with the children. Steve is only coming in to show a woman she is appreciated. I laughed.. With the return of Tamsin from the Golden Palace, unmarried, English, and his boss's daughter, his prayers seemed to be answered. True, she was pregnant, but several of the women whose details he had seen from various dating agencies had been either widows or unmarried mothers. He decided to try to get to know her a little, and so he haunted the Admiral's quarters, dropping in at odd moments for 'a drink' or 'to discuss technical matters in private'. Henry realised what he wanted and was far. Julie downplayed it, but I could tell it made her feel good to impress Aunt Betty. The three of us went to a French restaurant we liked, Aunt Betty almost wouldn’t eat because she couldn’t get over the prices. Welcome to New York, Auntie. After dinner, we went to see the city from the top of the Rockefeller Center, then strolled around the edges of Central Park. At one point Julie left us to use the restroom. ‘Thank you,’ I said to Aunt Betty. ‘For what?’ she asked. ‘For having been there for. A date was set by which the bids had to be arrive with Steve and the process was started.I have to say that I was pretty scared about the outcome, not least as to who it might be. What if they were gross? but Steve had thought of that, assuring me that I could pull out if I didn't like the look of the winner, although he also assured me that all of the men that he had approached were not bad looking and were respectable types of men. The idea was that I would accompany him to a trade party that.