.. Look, you're upset... I can't leave you like this. Are you busy? I have to check my yaught, I got the engine overhauled. You like boats? You busy r...ght now? Some sea air might do you good..." Cricket dried her eyes and nodded. All good whores can cry like actresses. "GREAT!" said the Don. They sipped Champagne in the back of the limo as they drove to the Marina. The chauffuer had the radio on, the screen up and at one point Cricket giggled. "Something funny?" queried the puzzled Don.. Sitting outside a local bar after dinner out one evening, we chatted to locals, friends and visitors to the area, one guy in particular who I had never set eyes on before was in his mid 30’s, very good looking, 4 or 5 inches taller than me at 6ft 2inch(ish) and very confident, he was boasting about being some high profile business man from the UK, and I took an instant dislike to him. I guess no one else liked him either because after 40 or so minutes it somehow ended up just my wife and I and. I called out for whoever it was to come in and Elyse came into the room.“We’ve hardly talked,” she said. “I miss that.”“With all the people in the house and how busy I’ve been, I’ve neglected you. I’m very sorry about that.”“I understand. I wondered if we could talk and if I could spend the night?”“Sure. I don’t have any other offers!” I teased.“Watch it, Buster or I’ll go to my room and get my strap-on!”“Promises, promises!” I chuckled.“Wait! You’re OK with that? You like it?”“Elyse, if it. I shudder to think what was going through Nichelle’s mind.”Felicia sat beside her daughter and held her hand. “What was going through your mind, dear?”Nichelle closed her eyes. “I was scared ... terrified ... it really shook my self-confidence ... I felt like a piece of shit ... sorry, Mom.”“That was exactly what he was trying to do, Kit -- make her feel worthless. I’ve worked with cases like this. The impact on the victim isn’t unlike being raped.”“The warm reception Kit’s folks gave me made.