"It's why it was so easy for Rachelle's dad to pick it up. The bank foreclosed on it 18 months ago. The last appraisal was for almost $550,000. He got...it for $410,000 because the bank wanted it off their books. He is willing to sell it to us in part to recoup his money but also in part because of the amount of money Rachelle made for him over the weekend. He only bought it as a favor to one of his friends at the bank who did him a good turn when he was first starting out. Well, that's one of. ”Susanna blushed and raised her hand. “I said you were tender and slow, showering me with love.”Em groaned, realizing where this was going. It was one of her best-kept secrets and why everyone put up with her playing the field. Still, even though she was pretty good about controlling conversations with suspects, she was interested just where this one might lead.“So why do you kiss one girl differently than the others? I mean, isn’t a kiss just a kiss?”“It is with most guys,” Francine offered.. "What a heavenly room!" she exclaimed. "I love the chair covers and the curtains. Where's the picture over the fireplace of?" Charterhouse. All three of my boys went there. In fact, so did Clem's father and brother." It's most attractive." I think they'd all agree with you, certainly in retrospect." About what?" asked Clem coming into the room with a tray of drinks and handing them out."Charterhouse being attractive." Yes and you're right about in retrospect. I don't think that other than the. It wasn’t her natural brown hair with perfect highlights that made her perfect, nor her impeccable sense of style. To this day I don’t even know what made her perfect; all I know is she changed my life. I was the normal girl in high school. I did my homework and passed with average b’s. I wasn’t gorgeous, but I was pretty. Sure, I had my issues: drugs, parties; boys, but overall I was nothing special. I had never thought of doing anything with the same sex. I was taught from birth that I.