"A business card?" he said in answer.She flipped it up and showed him the back. "So you don't know who 'D' is?" No, not really," he answered frowning....It took him a moment to recall the card. "Oh, I found that stuck in my door a couple weeks ago. I figured it was just some realtor trying to snag tenants tired of paying rent. Like I want to trade rent for a mortgage payment."Elaina snorted. "That's kind of short-sighted." She faked a sigh. "I'm going to have to teach you about long-term. Jess doesn’t see it that way.”“So what do we do?” I asked.“Love her and reassure her,” Kara said. “She’s afraid that she’s going to do something to blow the relationship apart.”“Which kind of explains the conversation we had in the sauna the other day. I assume that you two talked about this?”“Yes, it’s why I stayed with Jess the two extra days,” Kara said.We finished our dance and I walked over to Jessica and took her out on the dance floor as the stereo played Take My Breath Away by Berlin. I. .. I'm not buying your soul."Okay. But I can't stay long, it'll have to be close to the building."Deb shook her head in amusement. "Okay, I've got just the place in mind."The two arranged details, and Deb ended the call.The waiter brought the menus and their water. Both women ordered unsweetened iced tea. Deb took her time choosing among the four varieties of Caesar salad, twelve varieties of soup, and three kinds of fruit plate, before settling on the French Dip. With fries.Melissa frowned at. " That's Ok Sheila, I understand. I'm probably a dead man in the Senate now anyway."Sheila leaned forward in her chair, "No Bob, it's not like that. I've been talking to them for quite a while now. I've turned them down a couple of times. This time they said it's the last offer. It's a great opportunity. The money is great and I get a car and an expense allowance and the retirement plan is one of the best in Washington."Sheila left out the part of her spending a few weekends on the French.