Not smart! I had just toldHayley that I was ashamed of them, ashamed that I'd tried to pleaseher, done what my beloved spouse wanted me to do. That ...n my heartI thought I should have ignored her, that I should have been a manand stood my ground. Hayley had to regard me with contempt afterhearing such a confession!In fact she did. "First of all, dear," she said a bit bitingly,"They aren't 'these things.' They're 'my beautiful breasts' or 'mypretty figure'! Aren't you able to call them. I will tell you every bit of the truth as I know it. I won’t lie to you. If I did that it would make me no different than my father. So, where do I begin? I’ll start at the absolute beginning, when I was born. My mother and father had a difficult time conceiving me. No one’s to blame really but it took over a year of trying for my mother to get pregnant. All of my family’s money couldn’t make it happen. Oh, we had a lot of money. We were very rich. My father is Ezekiel Bloom and he owned just. The holy grail ofMagic. The first BIG release. It had been over ten years, and basiccards from that series were going for beaucoup bucks. I just nodded. "I unfortunately sold out of that particular series months ago.However I do have a few Alpha series that I might be willing to partwith for the right price." My jaw hit the floor. If Unlimited was theHoly Grail, Alpha was the equivalent of having sex with Athena. TheFIRST release. The one from which the rarest cards went for WAY toomuch. I’ve just been so busy, That’s all, what with finding an apartment and a job and moving and all, I just haven’t had time to do anything else. Wow, is St. Louis ever bigger and more hectic than down home in Paducah! But I’m starting to find my way easier now, and my new job looks like it’s going to be real neat, so I think it’s going to be a fun summer and I’ll be all settled in.