After that it would be even harder to see her because of the additional 350 miles and the fact that she would be doing an unspecified amount of travel...ng in her line of work. Faith and I made the drive in the afternoon and checked into a hotel before seeing Hope. We then got together for dinner and some reminiscing before dropping Hope off to get a little sleep on her last night in town. Faith and I put the hotel’s king-sized bed to good use that night, enjoying a longer-than-usual bout of. He found out that I was straight and I found out that he was a drug dealer. After that meeting we had kept in touch and Johnny was the man I called on to see if my plan had merit."You serious?" Serious as death." I can make it happen, but you best make certain sure that it is really what you want to do because once I put it in play I can't stop it even if you decide you want to." No chance of that John, none at all." Okay then, go ahead and set it up and give me a time table to work with." I. ......spoilt everything wehave..........and.........."For one of the few times in my life I felt close to tears as I descendedinto deep depression. Until I told Claire I had been lost in ways oftrying to avoid her knowing but now I had told her the bottom justdropped out of my world.I was amazed when Claire leapt out of the chair, wrapped her arms aroundme then stroked my face with the fingertips of one hand and murmuredsoftly "It's OK, Baby, we can face things together. There's nothing wecan't. But I was as cool as a cucumber. I just shrugged my shoulders."Blake, aren't you going to say something? It's not every day that your lover comes out of the woodwork and..." I had to stop her before she got too wound up with this, so I interrupted her."Billie Jean is not my lover," I told her. "To tell you the truth, last night was the first time I ever saw her."Myra was still looking at me, intensely. Finally she nodded her head."I believe you," she said. "I've known you long enough to be able.