He had just finished telling me that if he had a woman like me he damned sure wouldn't ignore her when the band announced they were taking a break. I ...thanked Tom for the thought and he walked me back to the table.I downed another drink and when the band came back Ben, the other single guy, asked me to dance. Either he or Tom kept me out on the dance floor for the band's entire eight song set and Harry never even missed me.I wasn't stupid. I knew that Tom and Ben were trying to hustle me. They. I can't even remember the decision to bring itdown. The actual act of assassination took no more effort than thecutting of butter. Necromantra's head rolled from her slim neck andthe stump remaining pumped scalding gore over my thigh-high boots.I shuddered, wondering if I would ever feel clean again. ~Thanasi, why did you make me do it?~ A collective gasp broke the stillness. The crowd had just witnessed aDark Ages-type vengeance murder. It had shocked them, but they didn'tknow who the. Then, like nothing was out of the ordinarily, Jeff and I carried my briefcase and tote bag to the dinner room table. Then before I was going to sit down, Amy, his wife, stopped me and asked me to sit on a towel that she handed me. After I sat down, she took a seat next to her husband and we started going over the property details like I have many times before.I know it sounds funny, but for those minutes while I was doing what I was trained to do as a Realtor, I totally forgot that I was still. They went native, in that they only spoke French, dressed like they were French, and acted like they were French; they were so good, they passed for being French. They traveled on the weekends and visited museums and the French countryside.Beau had learned a lot at Wallingford Bank and from Will. Beau stayed with Will, and they talked about banking nonstop, more than Brooke liked. Brooke liked Beau's kitchen skills, so she accepted the situation. Will and Beau played golf at the best clubs in.