After that, Amy loosened up and was her charming self.The night before the competition, all the American contingent took over a big chunk of a steakho...se in Lake Placid for supper. All the dancers were there, plus Eric, Jessie, and Shawna. Allison Bowman was competing (Liz Cushman wasn't, she'd decided to do Skate Canada and Cup of Russia) so she was there, along with her boyfriend Eddie who had driven up from Albany to watch her skate. Brett and Andrea were there. As was Tom Bellamy."All this. ” I also convinced myself to not get distracted by the previous night’s slightly awkward, yet exciting encounter and enjoy the conversation that we shared for the next hour or so while eating the meal I had prepared for us. We talked about everything and anything, there were no awkward silence, no embarrassing looking away or weird stares: it felt like we knew each other for years. Right as I almost felt the wine take over my body, I wanted to show my gratitude for the great company and wine he. ” He gave another of those laughs.“Todd,” I said, glaring at him. “You’re fired.”“You can’t fire me,” he yelled.I walked up to him and looked down into his yellow eyes. “I can and I just did. Now pack your shit and get out.”I started to walk to my truck when Slim yelled, “Boss, look out.”Something slammed into my left shoulder knocking me to the ground. As I went down I rolled to my back drawing my Colt. Todd was standing over me with a shovel in his hands, drawing back to strike me again.The. When as we chatted in the car she overtly crossed and uncrossed her legs while giving me seductive looks I almost drove off the road. When we got to the resort I asked if we should go to my cabin so that we could change into our suits for kayaking. She replied: “Yeah, we should go to your cabin.” I had no sooner closed the cabin door when she scooted up to me. With one hand on my crotch and the other on the back of my neck she gave me a long French kiss, and when she broke it off she said “I.