Either way, I was so happy that night. I'd made a personal vow (to myself, and to Alicia and Ahmed) that after it was determined that she was pregnant..., that I'd not have any sort of sexual intercourse with her until after she'd given birth. I did that out of a feeling of wanting to show Ahmed respect for being the father of the c***d, as well as a way of making a demonstration of my status as a cuckold. Ahmed had been very pleased with my gesture. After all, Alicia and I both fully agreed that. ‘In fact, the vintner sends me a case of his best every year.’ He said it so matter-of-factly Lori didn’t find his comment presumptuous. Didn’t everyone get a case of fine wine from a prestigious French winery every year? Their meal arrived. Lori tasted the poached salmon and found it every bit as good as Mr. Damiano said it would be. ‘I…I’ve never had fish that tasted this good,’ she admitted. ‘It is excellent, isn’t it?’ Mr. Damiano agreed. They chatted amiably during the meal. Lori learned. "You nearly got yourselfkilled! You're lucky I found you in time!"Cash let out a sigh."Look, I'm sorry." He lowered his gaze, unwilling to look his sister inthe eye. "I just really wanted to win. To finally make you respect me asan older brother. But you know what? I don't care anymore. You risked yourlife to save me. You deserve to become the sole heir."He looked back up at Carrie's face. Her expression was one of surprise andconfusion."Huh!? Like... what are you saying?" I'm saying the. I had to be let go.She told me that she'd already hired someone to take my place. I wasn'tsurprised when she told me it was Ahalya.My supervisor let me cry it out for a while. Then she came around thedesk and tried to comfort me as best she could. I knew she was right. Icouldn't keep up with my work anymore. The fact was that I barelyunderstood what I was doing. She told me everything would be okay. She'dalready made an appointment for me in Human Resources. Maybe Ms. Thanecould find a place.