I thought you had gone all weird on us, but I now know that feeling. How can we be so in charge of our lives one minute and feel so dependent on a man...the next? Why do men have this effect on us?" It's discouraging, isn't it?" Layla asked. "I was a very liberated woman, making my own way totally independent of men. I was following the women's mantra of trying my best to be better than men and not let them control me. I did things on my terms and never let any man hold me back." I was the same. Had I just saw what I thought I saw and then was this it for the night. Were the girls going to bed and nothing else was going to happen. I saw Darla come back and she sat at a computer desk and turned on the computer and logged in. About 10 minutes later Diane came out and her hair was dry and hung down past her back. She had on black 4 inch high heels and black half bra and black leather thong and I could see 5-6 Gothic tattoos on her body. She stood behind her sister and played with Darla. And there had been precious few during my newspaper career."I'll do it." Good man." Rachel nodded. "You start Monday. Call in every day. You have the code for our intranet?"I finally let them see the grin. I would be damned if I didn't file at least a story every other day. If Rachel didn't want to run it, that was her decision."Hello, my name is —" Oh, for Chrissake. Look here, Charlie. Five fingers."Inigo gave me a quizzical look, but his sword never wavered."Then tell me why you wear the. Uh Sue, I... I... I... had a great time," a little nervous stutter showing up in his voice."I did too Tommy, you are a great date," Sue said sincerely.Tommy stood nervously in front of his mom, his hand's fidgeting at his sides. He almost had an overpowering urge to grab her and kiss her. He got control of himself and asked, "Uh... does... does... a guy get a kiss on the first... first date," Tommy blurted nervously. His heart was beating wildly again. His knees felt like they were going to.