Yeah, it is a common idiom, isn't it? My ex-wife related plenty of funny stories from her work in the ER that started with a patient uttering those wo...ds. Most of the stories, at the time, could have me howling in laughter.So, there I was, minding my own business, when flashing lights in my rear view mirrors let me know I was wanted, though not in a way I would have preferred...I wasn't even speeding, dammit!The smooth contralto voice of the officer still qualified as seductive even when she. I wasn’t sure if Heather’s words made me feel any better, but at least I knew some more to the story.“So he knows we fish? He doesn’t care?” I grimaced.“No, he hates fishing. If I have someone to fish with, then he’s happy because he can sleep in and not have to ‘touch the slimy suckers’, as he says. Not that he ever came out all that often.”The realization that Heather had a boyfriend was growing. Spoken for indeed, and with a decent sounding guy no less. Hopes of stealing her away from him. But what would having the largest company in the world mean?Kirkwood called before noon, Sean had completely forgotten about calling him. The time seemed to slip right by him.“Mr. Kirkwood, sorry I forgot to get back in touch with you.”“It’s okay son. I was just calling to twist your arm a little and see if you won’t give me an update on the merger plan.”“Well the board meets this afternoon, they make their recommendations, and then we will send it out for a vote with an emergency shareholders. On an early August evening, Misty watched TV in her room, and thought about the near future. In just a few weeks, she would be leaving for college at UCLA in California. She would be leaving her boyfriend Eric behind, and that concerned her. He had been her only lover, and soon she would be at a college campus with many other guys around. She knew of the parties that often happened there, and also realized sex was a common activity. Then she heard a car pull into the driveway next door. The.