’ Grant’s stomach lurched. He was afraid of what she might say. Was she terminally ill, becoming a nun, a transvestite? He sat and waited and put ...n a brave face as he nodded for her to continue. ‘Well, I…the short of it is, I ruin all my relationships. I’ve pushed every man away thus far and already tried to once with you. It’s like I won’t let myself be happy and I have no control of it. I guess you could say that I have ‘issues.’ I don’t want to hurt you so I think we should stop this before. My blush deepened as Tonya turned her attention to me and asked withanother giggle, "Is that right, boy?" It sure is," I answered with a smile."Nice to see you, Ken," Tonya added, reducing any sting with a friendlysmile, and I briefly met her dancing eyes. My eyes followed her as sheperkily moved towards the kitchen, and Marla archly observed, "You likethat, don't you?"I quickly retuned my focus to her, guiltily, but found her grinningindulgently. "That's OK, I know who you belong to.". ‘Harry,’ she said, walking up to him. ‘Please, Harry, trust me.’ ‘Why?’ he asked. She took his hands away from his face and brought them to her lips, kissing them and then placing them on her waist. ‘Because you make me happy. I’m not going to hurt you. I’d never hurt you the way she did.’ Harry looked up. ‘How did you-‘ ‘I didn’t, exactly,’ Trish said, removing the towel from her head, letting her wet hair fall over her bare shoulders. ‘But I sort of could tell something like that happened.’. "Some of our colleagues have complained about your working for us. We all have a meeting with the Standards Board on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 20th, to explain why you are there and what your qualifications are," my Dad told us. Pat and I were very uneasy about this."Don't worry about it," Uncle Sean told us. "It's just some of the assholes in the other departments that are jealous and trying to get ahead. Don't turn any of them into frogs at the meeting. It wouldn't look good. Just let.