" Don't worry. They'll fit someone else. But, if you want," I went on grudgingly "you can pick out one of your new outfits to keep and wear that to wo...rk tomorrow."She still hadn't looked up at me this whole time, but I heard her say, through fresh sniffles, "Thank you, sir. That's very nice of you." Go on upstairs to bed. I'll see you in the morning." Will you still come give me a goodnight kiss?"I was feeling bitter about the whole thing, but I said "O.K." anyway. I figured this was my only. To do that you have to cut back on your drinking, gambling and womanising. I've tried everything else and this seems the only way to get a grip on you." Look, Alison. This is my life. I have more than enough money for my card games with plenty left over to keep you in the good life." You getting worse, I don't want to lose you Simon. I love you." Dan found those words very hard to say to a man, but they seemed to do the trick. Simon still cared for Alison."Okay, you have a deal. I know I've. He looked up at the ceiling and said, “God, let that be Magus.”A man speaking with a Texan accent said, “Howdy there, Darlin’. I need to see Magus.”Claudia replied, “Magus is not available at the moment. Are you willing to discuss your problem with Titus?”“Well, Darlin’ it is like this ... There’s a big ugly galoot downstairs with gun that holds a bullet with my name on it. He’s just awaitin’ for me to try to leave here. Do you think this Titus fellow can handle it?”Stephen stared at the door.. I’m just a scared little girl,” she said, kneeling, eyes big and expectant.I just growled, picked her up under my arm and headed to the bedroom, her kicking and squealing quite realistically. Oh, that part’s still good. Very good. All those ideas that just maybe I was a pedophile for consorting with a thirteen-year-old girl, marrying her at fourteen, those are gone.She’s past twenty now. Still lithe, agile, sylphish, still affects that pixie haircut to go with the red hair and green eyes. How.