His mind was here seven days a week, and he rarely took a vacation. He made impressive gains for the company and was a powerhouse when it came to sale... and networking. Of course, as we are all too painfully aware, those accomplishments didn’t come without cost. He paid a very high price for all that he did I’m sorry to say, by sacrificing his health and nearly his life. I’m going to say something that might cause you to think twice about considering me for Frank’s position. He worked far too. Then it promptly slipped from his mind.The next close encounter was two days later, and it was pretty blatant. Again, it happened when she got home from school. This time he was sitting on the couch in the living room, answering an e-mail from Luke. His MacBook sat on the coffee table. Lulu was upstairs.He looked up when she came into the room and greeted her, "Hey, kid! How was your day?"She dropped her backpack on the floor and sauntered over to him with exaggerated hip movements, pushed him. Barbara drove to the service station were she had her car worked on. Themechanic, Al, knew both Barbara and Carol. When he had fixed the flat andput it back on the car and the spare back in the trunk. He came back to theotherwise deserted waiting room and said he was all finished.Barbara opened her purse and offered him her credit card. He ignored thecard and said that he would prefer the same payment method as last time. Helooked straight at me. I felt very uncomfortable. What had Carol done. Nathaniel was waiting when we pulled up. He was just like his pictures: young, goofy and like a mountain of yummy chocolate. I thanked the driver and greeted Nathaniel with a smile.He pulled me to him with strong arms and said, “At last, beautiful, we meet.”Leading me upstairs to his apartment, he slapped my ass and muttered, “Gawd damn.” We entered his apartment in the kitchen and he grabbed my arm and led me to his room. He kissed me and said I was beautiful. I looked at my phone and saw I.