But you’d be surprised, Richard. It’s very easy to pile on the pounds and I’m not into aerobics and such like. Too much like hard work. I’ve g...t an exercise bike and I sometimes get off my backside and go for a brisk walk. But that’s it. What about you? How have you managed to stay so slim? Not just through golf surely?” So, black does work, I thought. “Thanks for the compliment Gaynor but I’m not really slim. I’m carrying a bit around the middle but I’ve been lucky, never had much trouble with. I do my best to pin her, but she squirms.“Get off of me, you cow.”“No.”“You can’t beat me.”In her eyes are all the worst parts of Maria. There is none of the goodness of my friend, the goodness I love. There isn’t her laugh or her smile. There isn’t her corniness or goofiness. There isn’t a girl who wishes she was a manic pixie dream girl, but is really a badass punk girl. There isn’t hope or romance. There isn’t love or light. There isn’t even strength. All I see is pain. I see pain and. He has some information for you. Information you could use.” “Fine I’ll be there.” He pushed her away from him. “You’ll be coming with me, and if there’s anything going on between the two of you I’ll know and you’ll pay for it.” “Rob, baby there is only one man who I want.” She didn’t tell him the one man she wanted wasn’t Rob himself. Her hand trembled as she locked the lock to her apartment for what she hoped wasn’t the last time. She said a silent goodbye to the only place she had that was. We will be the doting great-grandparents of their children, of which, I hope, there are many.” He smiled at his wife, glad that something could make her happy, if only for a little while.“I hope he’s not as ruthless with his spouses as Alicia has been,” Tanya said, surprising Frank with her ... well ... frankness. “I’m sure Alicia cared for the men she married – maybe even loved them a little – but she kept her secrets to herself and, in the end, left each one in the ground and went on to the.