“It wasn’t anything like that! God, I would have ... I don’t know what I would have done. Liz wasn’t in any of the pictures at all. They were ...f Liz’s property.”I shook my head in confusion.“Her property?” I asked.“It’s like this,” Sean said, sighing heavily. “There is a magazine called Nashville In Town. OK? Liz is pretty private but there are a lot of rumors about how ... opulent ... her home is. Carly works out with one of the writers for the magazine and she asked if Carly might take some. ‘See you later.’ He said. Then he was gone. I was flushed from the encounter, and drove back to my job in a haze. When I got back to the house, Honey asked me if I was ok. ‘I’m fine, don’t worry.’ I said. At that moment my phone dinged with a text message entering my inbox. I rushed over to my phone and opened a text from Gabriel, ‘Thanks for the ride — I’ll be thinking about you today. xoxo’ I grinned. He was thinking about me! I looked up into the face of his wife who was asking me a. After that a cheesy romance movie was on Lifetime. We laughed at how corny it was but we did agree with their theme that all female problems are the result of men.The rest of the day we hung out and played some card games. It was really nice to be with her again. I enjoyed her company and we got along great. The week was surely flying by. After dinner we headed out for nightly hot tub and wine event. The rain was coming down and the air was frigid. Steam rose up from the bubbling water. . She put her finger into her doughy belly and watchedit sink in. In the rearview mirror she had more of a roundness to herface than she was used to.She looked awful actually; almost fat.She got out the car and looked at her dim reflection in the glass. Shedefinitely didn't look right. She needed to see a doctor maybe; gettested to see if she was having an allergic reaction. But it could wait.It really wasn't so bad and she'd never been that slim.Or... wait. Never been slim? She was a model. She.