Happy Thanksgiving. I had totally forgotten.}{Happy Thanksgiving, } Missy said. {I had forgotten too.}{At least the rest of your family is aware of th... world around us. Bonnie and Thelma are planning a big dinner. The turkey is already roasting.}{Thank God for Bonnie, } I said.{Amen, } Missy agreed.{Are we going to be scanning for Hunt again today?} Jude asked.{I had planned to, but with it being Thanksgiving, I don't know, } I said.{Think about it, } Jude said. {This might be the time he tries. And soon my whole world just spun away, and I was safely in my "room," away from all the thoughts of money and the other horribly mundane things that had defined my old life.When he told me to awaken, I leaned back in the big desk chair and stretched. I felt wonderful. I glanced at the computer screen, but all my programs had been logged off, and I wondered what had happened while I was in my trance. He was straightening out a couple pages of notes, all in his own handwriting, but he laid them. They had a date. James had a million questions. Luke was a work associate Steph dealt with off and on but whenever they talked, they talked for a while. After finding out they were not currently seeing anyone, he had made more of an effort to call her and visit her office. He had taken her for business lunches, she had opened up to him and one thing had led to another.Steph had made it clear he dated them both and he was more than happy with that arrangement. It turned out to be the best first. They were enjoying the hell out of tormenting his helpless young bride. Joe, the greasy mechanic, was openly slapping his wife's tender butt when she wouldn't do exactly what he instructed her to do.He grabbed the hem of her night shirt in back and gave a quick tug upward, giving several of the cheering men a peek at Susan's bare ass cheeks. His terrified wife stumbled between the two men, helplessly slapping their invading hands away with absolutely no effect. Her futile blows landed.