"Go on! He won't bite!" my mother said encouragingly.So, Carol looked back at me, and then nervously lifted a hand and placed it on my chest."Ooh!" sh... exclaimed excitedly."It's so muscular and hot!" she then said."Have a proper feel! You know want to!" my mother then said, and nervously Carol lifted her other hand and placed it on my chest as well."Oh! It's like nothing i've felt before!" Carol then purred happily."Touch his stomach! If you think his chest is firm, try his belly!" my mother. . even if it is unsettling to watch you discorporate," Alfred said.There was a long pause... (see) ... and Cassie said, "What about me? I helped, too."Helped, too was said with a catch in her throat and a tear in her eye.And an even longer pause.Sultry finally said, "For all I know, Cassie ... you sent my Jack to his death." Sultry. There's a lot of things you could say to me and about me but don't you EVER say that to me again! I'll have you know that Jack was MY first Hero, he is my only Hero. All the gym time and the brain time and the wanting were in synch and I was as sharp as I've ever been. Kinda frightening, looking back at it.It looked good the minute I saw it. Fuckin' great click in my head. American Exchange, way undervalued, overextended, dumb but ambitious management, trying to expand in all directions at once, hurting for capital that the banks weren't gonna come up with. I worked up the figures, gave them to Kelly.'The parts alone are worth thirty percent over. He paid for me to have my own room even. I asked him at dinner one night why he invited me, and he said that he just wanted the company of a beautiful woman. I was smitten with him after that, thinking that he was a dream come true, and when he invited me on another trip, I didn't hesitate to agree, even told him that he only needed to get one room this time." "We started sleeping together that weekend, and I thought I was in love with him. He told me that he was going through divorce.