Initially there had been two co-owners of the boutique in which Diane worked, Lavinia and Aisha. I was able to buy into it when they planned on expand...ng. That was the share that made up part of my divorce settlement. Lavinia's husband was planning to retire at fifty, so they could travel before they got too old. She told Diane and Aisha that she intended to sell her share of the business and gave them first refusal.I found this out through the usual sources; little ears. One weekend, Harry and. ”I followed Johnathon to a cave similar to the one I had just left, but this cave did not have any other occupants that I had to worry about. The rest of the people in the group that I had rescued also followed us. Fortunately, the cave was large enough to handle so many occupants.“Johnathon, please stop calling me Chosen One. That will only serve to attract unwanted attention. Call me Doug instead.”“Very well, Doug, if you insist, but it seems so disrespectful. You said that you had some. ’ ‘I’ve got some news?’ ‘News?’ She heard his sharp intake of breath. ‘Uh hum. Two pieces. First, Big Eddie’s bragging about how he sold a sex tape for release on the Internet. Said he’d destroy you and your star singer,’ she lied. But it was a small lie, it didn’t harm anyone did it? The African American paused. ‘How did he get the tape,’ his suspicious voice asked his informant. Carly grinned to herself. The second piece of news would take his mind off the where’s and how’s. It fitted so. ’ He delivered the news as if he was leaving the country. Rose smiled, relieved, ‘That’s not bad news.’ ‘I don’t want to miss a second with you,’ he said, taking her hand into his. She smiled weakly. He was so sweet, but he was missing something that she couldn’t even begin to put her finger on. He simply didn’t make her feel the same way that James did when she was with him and she desperately wished that he did. ‘A week is hardly a long time,’ she said. ‘But you’re so beautiful and you go.