"I know," we all chimed in. "Like....they kind of are heroes,"agreed Jessica. "And it's our job to let them know it." Amen, sister," said Alyssa hol...ing up her glass for a cheers. "Toour brave and handsome and oh so sexy flyboys!" Here, here!" I exclaimed. "To the perfection of men!" Well said, Molly," said Candice. "Perfect....is exactly what theyare."I took a sip of my wine and looked at my pretty manicure and my hugediamond ring. "If I can change the subject, not that this isn'tpretty. I should have had her wear it to the counter and asked the girl at the register to scan it while it was on her neck, but I wasn’t thinking. We will have to return to the store again for a leash, which I will have the girl scan while it is clipped to her collar. Then, I’ll lead her out. I might even ask one of the young men there if the pet training classes would work for her. Back in the car, I buckle the collar snugly to her neck, as we sit across from the salon. She is blushing as I squeeze. "What's the matter?" I've been thinking about this deal. I'm not sure that I'm willing to sign these papers. Maybe I'll just keep everything." Do you think that's wise?" I asked."I already have what I want. Why should I give you anything now?" How long do you think that you'll keep what you have if you renege on our deal?"He looked thoughtful for a minute. "Are you saying that you could undo things."I just nodded once, slowly.He scowled. "Alright, you win."I got up and turned the camcorder on. To cut a long story short, two hours later, Stella came over and handed me a paper and pen and I jotted down our phone number; as I handed the items back to her she slipped a piece of paper into my hand. I was surprised as she then scribbled her phone number onto part of the paper and tore it off giving me her phone number. Now this was before mobile phones really took off and at the time the state of the art mobile was like a house brick and weighed about twice the weight; so the numbers.