I returned to our bedroom and took off my clothes and got into bed and waited to see how this would play out. I was feeling a little guilty setting my...wife up like this but then the bathroom door opened and it was to late to stop, Wendy took a couple of steps from the bathroom doorway out into the bedroom and stood directly in front of the window. She was completely naked.She stood there, brushing her long hair, asking me if there was anything good on TV? I could not answer. All I could do was. ?The waitress came and took our order. Fried shrimp with asparagus forme and a blackened mahi over yellow rice for Peyton. When she left, Icontinued, ?The heels though? Like I said, I?d fantasized about it butnever had the courage to wear them to work. Just like my old job inChicago, though, once I started it became easier. It was like learningany skill, I guess. Once you learn how to do it, you know how to do it.I almost took them off that first day. Heck, I did take one off forabout five. ." He paused again, perhaps to collect himself. My own heart was beating like a triphammer, and my palms were suddenly sweaty. "Skip and Theo were on their way to pick up their dates earlier tonight, when they got into an accident. Another car was involved; Theo's car got pushed off the road and into a tree..." His voice was rising in pitch, his emotions raw. He stopped to take a deep breath. "Sean, Skip was killed instantly, and Theo is in very serious condition at the hospital." What?" My. Jonar turned and scanned the room, his muscles tense. It was a large, spacious chamber made small by the dozens of enormous cabinets and the expansive length of conference table that the man seated at the far end seemed to use as a desk. There were folders and papers strewn about him on the table and several quill stands and inkpots and official seals in front of him. He was a seedy little Ce'al male with a slight frame and tangled bushy brown hair the color of mud. His almost round eyes seemed.