I even got used to the idea that her getting the STD was just an excuse to dump me.Lucy was smart that was for damn sure. She took only enough cash no... to look like a drug queen, if she got stopped by some highway patrolman or a hick Sheriff. She had robbed one of the cash stashes of nine thousand dollars. We capped each one at about that amount, which was why we had so many of them around the area. She knew where most were, so I moved them after she left me. I tried to keep the cash in play,. She smiled and added, "I'm going to ignore the bitch part for the moment. I imagine that from your perspective that I do appear to be acting a little like a bitch."Karen decided to try another tack and asked, "What does he know about me?" He knows an awful lot about you. He knows things about your time in college and your dating habits while you were there," Denise answered.Afraid of the kind of things that Dale might have found out about her, Karen sagged down and returned to the couch. She. It wouldn’t surprise me.He switched on each light while we made our way in, making me feel exposed and naked beneath the harsh bulbs.I sat on his sofa, listening to him shuffle around the kitchen. He appeared with a glass of wine for the both of us, though we hardly needed it. Still I sipped it, hoping it would get the last few jitters out of my system. I accepted and knew this would happen, but the nerves refused to go away completely.He was so confident, but this was so messed up and so out. I told Camille I would be waiting until then but to reserve a blank, without set stones, with the etchings being a woman on her knees in the position assumed to please a man orally. Camille smiled and agreed to start the work on that project upon her completion of three special orders that were now in the works in the shop.Business concluded, I was invited to the rear of the shop for a light brunch. Emma was preparing crepes and omelets in the small but well-appointed kitchen. She would serve.