’ ‘We are very much aware of your friend Ruiz and his carrying out some sort of personal vendetta against some people who may, in some way, be con...ected with one of the ships that you photographed this morning?’ ‘I wasn’t aware of that, although I would hardly blame him after what these people did to his wife.’ ‘We don’t mind as long as he doesn’t get in the way of our investigation, in fact he is doing us a favor by keeping the bad guys looking over their shoulder to see what he is up to. I. He had chosen to offer few compromises. He had agreed to not demand anything of her that might get either of them (or, likely, both) fired, or that jeopardized what remained of her marriage. But he liked pushing limits, was inclined to consider almost any limit "soft", and so was pushing right now on the one regarding the job. A calculated risk always turned him on. A boss-employee relationship involved risk by definition.He had given her one other compromise, a trivial one: to not call her. I don't know if you would be interested but I come here three times a week, I have the keys and open up if you happen to be in the area at the same time as today, we could have a repeat performance and maybe even up the financial outlay, I wouldn't mind if you 'showed your tits'. I would also not knock back a fuck either", he concluded.She was silent as he drank the coffee, her mind was active, digesting what she heard and wondering about the offer for in a way the offer was the doorway to. " I'm honored. I'll go with whatever you decide."They kissed and made out for a minute and then Monica got up, and went to find Bob or Matt.Three days later Tina came to Jim with a very serious look on her face.Jim asked, "Why the long face?"Tina said, "I think I'm in trouble, only I don't want to have to leave The Circle." Why would you think you have to leave The Circle?" Because I got pregnant." Oh, Baby. That's great news." Jim hopped up out of his chair and wrapped his arms about the.