Catharine fought the notion that she could ever dance on stage and take all her clothes off in public. She knew she'd done it for over a decade but th...re was no way she could return to that life and that lifestyle.Then, Catharine convinced herself that she'd see if she could line up an exotic dancing job just until she could find something else to work at. The next morning she called her old manager friend, Barclay, at the Maverick Club and when she convinced him she was serious, he arranged. “Ours too, Zach. Ray, this is what you wanted, your fantasy. I know what you’ve thought about, what you’ve told me, fantasized about; is that still what you want?”He nodded, eager but maybe slightly embarrassed. "Yes, very much so.”Kaity practically purred. “Mmm, good. I can see how hard you are, my love, that cute little tent in the front of your pants.”I couldn’t help but glance; she was right, there was a small but pronounced bump in the front of his cargo shorts.“Zach, lift me up onto the. I found out that all the dogs you've ever owned were older dogs with special needs or disfigurements that made other people not want to adopt them, and that you took care of them with no help from your dad. I learned that you're not sensitive to fads like most girls your age are, and that you don't care what your peers think of you because of it. I've learned that you volunteer for the underprivileged and spend time with elderly people who've been dumped at a home by their children who hardly. Seems stupid to deliver it on Sundays. They really do seem to work so hard, those two” said Jim, “But she said she’d print some of the pictures if she had time and let you take a look. And...” he trailed off, his tone requesting that she finish the sentence.“And what?” asked Lauren, looking at him in mock suspicion.“She’s going to pay you!”“What, I haven’t done anything!” she exclaimed.“She’s grateful, it means she can get the Hardenberg prints out early next week, ahead of schedule.”Lauren.