Her business suits, while professionally cut, did nothing to hide her long strong legs or disguise the curves under the jacket. She had a full mane of...brunette hair that came down just below her shoulders and really framed her face nicely. Aunt Bess had looked pretty hot when she was dating the auto guy, but I now realized that Mom looked hot even without such an obvious wardrobe.The following Tuesday I "remembered" in the morning to tell Mom that I had a study group at Ken's and that we were. “I’m Tom Bates.” He smiled easily, taking her arm and guiding her to a quiet spot in the hallway. “I’m sure I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you before.”“I’m Cassandra Andrews.” She returned his smile and tried to get her arm back, because he still had a hold of it. He slid his hand up to her shoulder, then cupped the back of her head, holding her like that as he kissed her.She’d never been kissed before, and felt a glowing ball of heat ignite in her belly as his tongue gently explored the. "Take her out please, Mr. LeBoeuf," he ordered, and watched as the gangplank was raised, the mooring lines cast off, and the ship was expertly manoeuvred out of the harbour."No pilot, Mr. LeBoeuf?" he asked."Sir, I am a qualified pilot for this harbour, so none is needed." Useful." Well, frankly, Sir, there is little to do between cruises, so I took the necessary courses more to pass the time than anything."Henry turned and noted that a destroyer had slipped her moorings and was accompanying. I drove by him as he threw a vicious elbow at my face. This time he was thrown out of the game as I made two foul shots and another for the technical. There was no stopping me.That’s the way the quarter went as we built a fifteen point lead—88-73. I still had no idea how many points I had and I didn’t care, either. I only cared that we were winning.Tony fed me for a really long jumper that I drained easily. As the final quarter proceeded I took over the game, leading us on a 17-3 run that.