A girl answered when he buzzed his secretary's line. He told her to have his car brought around immediately and to cancel all of his engagements until...further notice.As he was speaking to the woman, he saw Susan slump over on the sofa. Gathering her up in his arms — she was now unconscious — he carried her out to the elevator. He was only dimly aware of the shocked looks in his direction coming from company employees to whom he had always been the soul of propriety. Here he was now carrying a. "But don't you miss the sex Mum? We know you got plenty so you must miss it!" There was a deathly hush and then Sue realising what she had said apologised and gave D, now with tears in her eyes, a big hug. I just sat there in silence not knowing what to say or do! So I just left them to it.Later in the evening we were all back together again, the conversation and wine flowing freely. Though I couldn't but notice the odd smirk passing between them. As the evening grew chilly we all moved. Like I said, she told me everything." Mm," he agreed. "Yes, that's about it except for some personal—" She was a hooker back then," I cut him off. "Yeah, I know that, too."His eyebrows went up and he gave me a speculative look. "And you're, uh, OK with that?" he asked."No, of course I'm not 'OK with that, '" I snapped. "I think it's a shitty way to make a living, a demeaning way for women. But are you asking me if I still love her and want to marry her? Yes, I do, both of those things. That's. I think it was a one-time thing. But, I didn't really know.CHAPTER 4I was asked to babysit the next weekend. It was going as usual. Fred and Kathy got home about midnight and asked if I wanted to go home or sleep over. I stayed over. I told them I was watching a movie. I was, but I had switched from the adult movie over to “Die Hard” when they got home. Earlier I had been surfing the movie channels when I found the x-rated stuff. It was under parental controls, but I knew the password. .