I looked her up and down."No." I walked away with my tray and found a table full of social losers like myself. I saw her out of the corner of my eye d...bating whether to press the issue. I guess she decided not to. She walked away.Two days later, I got an envelope delivered to me. In it was a check for $1,000. I tore it up in front of the delivery guy who'd wanted me to sign for it. He stared at me like I was crazy.The day after that I got a call. No, not from Frances. It was from her father. He. She feels the breeze on her skin, it is just warm enough. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Suddenly, her nightie is up, over her hips. She does not know why, but she moves her legs apart. And the breeze rushes thru them. Her hands are moving and, in a swift movement, her nightie is over her head. She opens her eyes, and she realizes that she is naked. A fear is crossing her mind, but she discards it. If someone sees her, what would they say? or do? She looks to her right. "That was not the reply that William had expected. He said, "I've gotten data about all of the other major economic sectors in the United States. I can tell you how much the typical family in every economic stratus spends on housing, health care, food, entertainment, travel, vacations, energy, and manufactured goods. I can't tell you how much is spent in the sex industry." There is a good reason for that," Vera said in a cold voice that could have frozen water."What?" William asked not even. "Of course," I said."Good," he remarked, then ate his breakfast.I drove the truck out of the compound and headed back to the coast. I got almost an hour of the drive done, when Wilson called. I saw his name and asked, "What's up Wilson?" Well are you near home?" he asked."I'm about half an hour out, why?" he said."Well, I can tell you now and have you consumed with scheming, or I can wait till you get home. I think I will tell you now, so you can have a plan ready," Wilson said."Just get to it.