“Oui, Contessa. I know that he ... performs certain tasks ... for La Contessa. However, I must ask why he has a seat at the table.”“We had an em...pty seat.” Helen responded, shooting a brief look at Ramirez. She could have done The Thing to make him allow the guest she’d wanted to bring in on this meeting, but she had promised herself after the assassination attempt to never deliberately do it to him again. “And yes, Mander usually requires payment. However, for this job, he’s working Pro. ”“You’d think this bread would soak up all of the sauce considering how dry it is,” Sean said tapping it on the table. It made a nice knocking sound very similar to that which would be made by hitting the table with a brick.Suzie said, “I never thought of serving Melba Toast the size of Texas Toast. This bread was dried out when cavemen walked the earth.”“Stone-aged garlic bread,” Sean said with a smile. “Maybe we should donate it to a museum.”Suzie looked over at Tom and noticed the trashcan. A naked one was even more exciting I suppose, but it was more how it affected Brad. He wouldn’t ever let on, thinking it a bad thing for a husband to like or enjoy, but I wasn’t foolish enough to think any man wouldn’t be happy to see a naked hot chick. We all wish it weren’t true. A nice fantasy, but guys are wired that way. I took it upon myself to make sure we hit one of the many erotic dance clubs on the strip, since he wouldn’t. Without asking, I grabbed his hand and lead him inside a. I've been doing it for years. I have had this urge to dress uplike a girl and clean since I was a teenager. Even when I was a kid, Ihad the urge to dress, but I never told anyone about this, Lily."Lily nodded as she replied, "I understand, Mr. Sayers. This isn'tsomething that would be easy to discuss. There are a lot of judgmentalpeople out there who would really look down on this."I hastily responded, "That's so true, Lily. That's why I have to ask tokeep this to yourself. Can you promise me.