"The reason I came here, instead of going straight home, is to let you know what happened before you hear it elsewhere, and to assure you that you are...in no danger. It's clearly me they are after, not you."But there's another reason I came. I've decided that I want to move the atelier. I still need to have your support — your jobs are not at risk — but I want you closer to home, my home. I'll probably keep this apartment; I can use it when I come to town. However, I want both of you to come to. But I had the money and I had a mission. I was definitely figurin’ on hooking up with one Lea Scott—long term, maybe for life: yes, love at first sight and all of that.“This is very nice,” said Cecilia.“Yes, very nice,” said Anna.I got a smirk for my trouble from Lea. I was pretty sure that our tablemates were not in the know as to how Lea and I had met, but I guess we’d be seeing. At any rate, so far, no one had asked. Well, so far, they hadn’t, but now they did.“So how did you and my daughter. “Beth had some harsh words with Bonnie the next morning.”“She apologized for that,” Phil cut in.“I know she did but the rumors were already out there,” Hailey said. “So anyway, Bonnie is playing double agent. She told me this morning that DeeDee is going outside the company for allies. She’s got the Mayor’s support – financially and politically. She’s also been talking to some other pretty influential people. I thought I could handle things without bringing you or your mom into the fray. I. I put thoughts of setting my purse over his lap and giving him a hand job aside and gave him my full attention.“Ok, Susan. You know Julie and I have been friends forever. We share a lot of interests. Not all of them, but one that we both developed early on was an interest in hypnosis and mind control. It became a mutual obsession, you might say. For years, we’ve called each other Master and Mistress the way other people might say Darling or Sweetie. And so we researched it together until we.