The first thing she heard as she walked down the hallway was Chad telling a listener a funny story. She smiled as she realized that some of the office...personnel listened to him.Two hours later the meeting was over and Jessie returned to her desk. A huge bouquet of flowers was sitting on the corner. She reached for the tiny card tucked into the greens and sat down to read it. The note was short but so sweet she felt her heart speed up. Scrawled in big letters were the words 'Bus Stop by the. I suggested thatshe should get the same wig to wear for these chats. She in fact boughtthree wigs (at my suggestion) the one in the glamour shot, one like herhair now and a third one that was different than both.During her computer dating time, she acted naturally, but was also verycautious. She didn't really know any of these guys so she never revealedwhere she lived or exactly where she worked anything like that. Actuallythis made it much easier to be herself since if it didn't work out. But they were in a ?resting period? now. Miss Pratt wassitting comfortably in her LaZ boy armchair, reading aloud, while Taywas trying to avoid having splinters embedded in her tender stomach, from thisvile carpenter?s sawhorse. Tay looked over at the poor fatwoman who was standing on the chairs, holding the telephone books. That must bein a way, worse than being hung over the goddamned sawhorse. How ghastly herstomach would look with splinters in it. Oh, God. Tay?s nipples were insorry shape. When they reached the hotel he held the door open for her and they made their way to the elevators. The residual effects of the champagne were kicking in. She glanced at his big frame and broad shoulders in a custom tailored suit, tie loosened around his neck and the first few buttons of his shirt undone and felt her body heat up. "I feel like snuggling", she muttered."Hope you got an extra pillow." Fuck you jack." I'm just saying." I wasn't asking you, I was just saying..." Uh huh. You ain't.