." No longer married, at least as far as I'm concerned," broke in Andre."What?" cried Margo."She ... she..." began the young husband."I'm afraid I've ...allen in love with Count Ragonian. He's asked me to stay with him here at the castle and I've accepted." But ... but..." sputtered the mother-in-law."I know it's sudden, especially just after our marriage, but it is an affair of the heart and I really can do nothing else." Do you really love him?" asked her father."Yes. I truly thought it was. This food was about as good as any I'd had, and the wine list had many wines I knew well. The décor was overdone, but it was normal for a restaurant in a casino.Barb and I enjoyed our conversation. We talked about everything except what caused me to be in this place. She had spent much of her life in the Chicago area. I'd been there a few times, so we had some places we'd both been. Most of my career had been in Northern California, after graduating from Stanford.Dr. Ray seemed very shy. He. You work for my publisher?”“No. I have an acquaintance who works in the IT department there. Actually, he’s the head of it. He owed me a favor for getting his university tuition paid in full for two years, and for getting him the job at your publisher’s. He installed a little script on one of the servers there that periodically combs through submitted manuscripts looking for stories that meet certain criteria of interest to me. It identified your manuscript and put me on the list of external. "Well, let's just see who the flowers are for," she said, walking over to the dozen roses. "Are they for Stephen, so he can have pretty things here while he's alone?" Paige picked-up the card and read the content silently to herself, then aloud. "To the super sexy Mrs. Brooks." She paused, holding back a tear. "Stephen. These are for me!"Stephen felt tightness in his chest. Was it guilt, as he had bought the flowers for the other Mrs. Brooks ... the one in the next room, to whom he had just.