We were so caught up in their lives and our lives with them that we drifted. It was neither of our faults, but while you tried to fix it and reforge a... connection, I simply didn't have the desire or the energy to make that kind of effort and I simply let us fall deeper into that rut. A little over 2 years ago I was home alone on a Saturday. The girls were playing with friends and you were out somewhere. That was when Frank showed up. His car had broken down and he asked to use the phone. I let. ’ ‘What clauses need clarification?’ ‘Oh not clarification Al. Two clauses need changes and I require a new clause to be added.’ ‘Right, fire away.’ ‘Contract term, two years, I require five.’ ‘Two is standard.’ ‘Fuck standard Al. It’s only words and paper.’ ‘Next.’ he said, scribbling something with shark-like ferocity. ‘I want the salary notched up by 15k.’ Al’s face lit with an I’m-being-entertained grin. ‘No, next.’ ‘I want justified use of the Heli-Service, especially to JFK.’ ‘No.’ ‘Well,. He gently pushes me over from my side and onto my back. “Close your eyes baby” he whispers in my ear. I close my eyes. I feel him move on the bed beside me. Then I feel the bedclothes slide off me. My eyes still closed, my body tingles not knowing what’s going to happen next. I hear my Dad’s voice on the other side of me. I’m shocked, I didn’t realise he’d got out of bed. “Open your legs”. As instructed I spread my legs wide. “Good girl, smile for Daddy” the voice now at the base of the bed.. It was true that the partnership was losing direction. The head of chambers was an elderly duffer, who was still immersed in the past. What the partnership needed was co-ordination. And who was better than a legal secretary? It was risky, not to say unheard of! He would have asked his legal team about it, except they were the senior partners at Smythe and McKendrick.He snorted; well it would certainly shake them up. He picked up a phone and contacted the Lord Chancellors office... When Sandra.