"I won't keep you away from Joey. She's your daughter, and she needs to know her father. But ... don't come visit tomorrow, okay? Maybe not the day af...er, either. I've got a shoot in the morning, anyways."I grimaced but nodded. "I'll call you?"Ashlyn shook her head. "I'll call you." When?"She looked away, staring at nothing. Her jaw clenched, and I saw creases forming at the corners of her eyes. But eventually, she sighed and shook her head. "I ... I don't know."I returned back to my apartment,. After pulling away, Carlwiped more tears from his eyes."I can't believe you went to all this trouble," Carl cried."It's all worth it for you," Felicia said. "Always is."Darren handed two of the glasses to Carl and Felicia who took them.Eric picked up his own glass and held it up. The others followed suit."To Carly and Felicia!" Eric exclaimed.Everyone raised their glasses and took a sip of the champagne."I'm so impressed that you managed to pull this off in secret," Carlremarked."We're not done. When the word traveled that the brown-haired girl was Anita Lucas, it seemed like every woman in the organization wanted to see her. Although she and Bill had been working together for years, as a matter of habit all meetings were held at Bergdorf's. Nita had never visited the agency.Somehow the word got out that Bill and Nita were to be married in a week, and now it seemed that everyone in the entire agency wanted to see her. They were utterly dazzled by her poise, beauty, and aplomb. Even the. “I saw you in the woods. With Tony Bates.”Paul’s eyes widened, his mouth dropping open and the last traces of sleepiness leaving his posture. I had no idea what had driven me to say that to him, it had just come out.“What? What are you even talking about?” His face was redder still, an expression of abject fear across it. “I thought you were off with Irina all night, getting smashed.”“She blue-balled me, you know that, dude. I saw you guys, under that tree. I saw you giving him a blowjob.” My.