Here all this time she'd been feeling just as anxious and scared as I was and I never picked up on it! Of course she would be scared, I realized. I fe...t like a complete, self-centered jerk.Claire's question still hung there between us, as if suspended by a single strand of hair like the sword of Damocles. I looked into her anxious eyes as I contemplated my answer, knowing full well that I wanted her more than any woman I'd ever met in my young life."Of course I do," I said simply. "As if you. .. It just seems so incredible..."Frank swung around holding the skillet and slid the first three eggs onto Katie's plate. He was grinning happily. He turned back to start the next batch."Yep!" Frank exclaimed. "She's not only back, but she brought a sister with her!" Why didn't you tell me last night?" Katie asked her mom. "We talked for hours..." Honey," Tanya admitted. "Even after all these years, I'm still getting used to the fact that you hire yourself out to be killed for a living. We. I had totally sexed up my school uniform, topping the slut look with my high heels, they must have gotten quite a nice sight as I waggled my way down the aisle.As I got near to the stairs I decided to be a little bit naughty. Deliberately on purpose I dropped my bus ticket, sighed, and then bent over to pick it up. This was done as an act of wicked teasing by me. I knew the old guys would get a view of may arse as I did so. I made sure I stayed bent over far longer than I needed too, revelling. Whoever it was reported this to Bev, who, instead of asking or talking to me about it, jumped to a natural, and incorrect, conclusion. My long days at work and short nights at home over that week had me, in her mind, having an affair. My ex-PA convinced Bev to return with her to the office and she could check dates and luncheon engagements I’d had. Pat kept records of everything from the day she had been hired. They were able to pinpoint the lunch ‘date’ in question. It turned out that the.