Three days later, Saul called and gave me the details of his negotiations. I was more than pleased. All of the songs were sold, about half of the sing...rs would be getting contracts if they decided they wanted to sing professionally. Even three of the band members who had performed solo would be offered contracts. I got the names of those that would be contacted and gave them to Gloria so she could contact them and let them start deciding what they wanted to do. I thought they should all. He settled into a new role with another company that did not require the travel, but she had pretty much cleaned him out financially and he had to more or less start all over. Abby had been a witness to most of the fights and knew her dad was being honest with her mom and really wanted nothing to do with her mother after that. She was 20 at the time, now was 22, and came home one evening asking her dad if he was okay with her dating a guy he had not met. Rick was already in bed at the time. 'Shit, maybe this was a bad idea.' "Why the hell did you have to reject me?!" she wailed, glancing back at me. "Seriously, why? Now both my mom and I are pregnant. We're both in way too deep, both emotionally and physically," she pointed out, strolling back to me. "Their marriage is fucked to hell now. Of course I want him because of my love for him and this baby, but at the cost of my mom's marriage? Why couldn't you just be with me?" she asked before she pushed me slightly. "What's wrong with. The smartass and the monster were arguing over a series of inappropriate responses. Neil felt like a real ass for thinking them, and put on his best mask of concern."A couple times, though, we never even got that far. He wasn't ready for me to be so... interested in certain things." Stephanie blushed and turned away."Fucking wonderful" Neil thought to himself. He had to fight down his rapidly expanding erection, unsuccessfully blocking the picture of Stephanie in his mind and what she might.