Her eyes were shining and her breath was hesitant."So," Loretta went up with a smile in her eyes, "I've made reservations for all of us to go to a dud... ranch in the mountains." Oh Mom!" Tanya cried out, throwing her arms around her mother."Honey, are you sure we can afford it!" Burton asked."Wow! A dude ranch! Just like real cowboys!" Jason said.Loretta laughed. "Just wait. I haven't told you the best part. At this convention I was awarded a ten thousand dollar prize as the First Lady Lawyer of. ." Schcc, dear. Let me finish this. I can only say it here, in the darkness. You've been so good to me, not only your gifts. I had prepared myself for middle age. You know, waiting to become a grandmother, coming to terms with a dwindling sex-life, turning myself into the proverbial frumpy mid-life wife. You turned all that around. Yes. You did it. You made me suddenly feel wanted, desired. You dragged this horny, loving and adventurous woman out of her shell, and you gave her a new chance to. I wasn't aware that making assumptions was part of that process. Did you have to take classes in assumption?" It's different out in the field," snapped Les. "Sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling. It's a hell of a lot easier sitting here behind a desk and making decisions after the fact, on what correct conduct and protocol are. You don't have the hairs on the back of your neck standing up as you knock on a fucking door because you don't know whether there's a little old lady afraid. A quick Internet search on her laptop had produced a standard press digest and photo of the man and she picked him out easily amongst the sparse late afternoon coffee-drinking crowd.Walking up to Graham, she introduced herself."Mr Graham? Hi, I'm Felicity Cartwright. Pleased to meet you."She held out her hand and they exchanged a handshake."Ms Cartwright, the pleasure is all mine but I thought I was meeting Mark MacGhee. Is he joining us?" the politician asked.Flick could barely control the.