I want you too much. It’s idolatry.”He picked his head up and stared at her for an agonizing moment, his eyes tormentedwith pain, stark need and r...crimination. She thought he might kiss her, at least comforther, and she put her arms around his shoulders, but he drew away and walked down thehall, closing the door of his room behind him.She failed, but she saw love in his eyes so there was hope. For one more day in theirnine years of marriage, she could hang on to hope.Her body still thrummed. You have realistic goals and have got your finance sorted. I wish you luck in your venture." Thanks," said Stan. "Thanks you for the useful advice, and for taking the time out to speak to us at all."Walter waved a hand, dismissively. "No matter. You've a good friend in Mr. McKuan, I know because he's a good friend of mine. We've known each other for years." He stood, and all three followed him. "It's been good to talk to you. You have my number if you need any further assistance, but now I must. I have also had some dreams that were just you and me. Have you ever told Paul about any of it?”“I told you I did, but, I honestly didn’t ... I have been afraid to. I told him a fib that you went to help me look for places to have our wedding. I added that we ran into Jennifer, who came along to help.”“He came up to me, and I figured that out by what he said. From my point of view, I think you should tell him before you get married.”“Have you told your girlfriend about it?” she quickly. Chairman, is it true that this company benefited financially from sub-prime mortgages before July 2007?”“Yes.” The tall, patrician man at the other end of the table responded. His voice sounded almost strangled.“And the board was aware that at least some of these mortgages were being sold to customers and financial institutions with misleading terms?”“Yes.”“How much profit did the Carlyle Group make from these investments before July 2007?”“I think –” There was a strangled, garbled sound, and.