Her mascara was smudged around her deep blue eyes. I got up and walked out to where she was standing. Everyone leaving the restaurant had walked direc...tly by her, but I stopped and asked her if she was okay. She said that she was fine but started to cry more. I asked her if she wanted someone to walk or drive her home. She said that her boyfriend left with some other bimbo. I reached out and took her hand and said lets walk and you can tell me all about it. She hesitated briefly but then. “Thus far, I’d have to admit it’s been a pretty slow and quiet night,” he said, with a very straight face. Behind him the OOD looked aghast. And Steve was just shaking his head. I knew he was thinking, I told you guys he was on the way! “I’d ask if you were enjoying your night,” the Chief continued, taking a seat on couch facing the two fuckers. “But I can see that Seaman Kurtz is quite enjoying herself.” He placed his cover on the table then rose. He reached for his belt and loosened it,. The Yankees finished in a tie with Toronto for third, 87-75 on the season. Lots of folks would be happy at twelve games over .500. The Blue Jays probably were. A few years earlier, Oriole fans would have been thrilled.But not George Steinbrenner.The Red Sox had second place all to themselves. Nothing unusual about that, except they had been mathematically eliminated eleven days before the season ended.For us, it had been a great season. I hit 43 homers -- good enough for third-best in the AL.. Finally, the broken one, Fiona. The beautiful redhead had been raped, abandoned and disowned. She had built a wall around herself to be able to cope with life. He had already broken elements of that shield away and, she had allowed him to do so. He had already seen her pull away from other men such as Jim and Tommy. There would never be one man she would allow to be close to her. A strange monogamy where she shared him with five other women while staying true to him.CC had been as nervous as a.