The room was illuminated only by the candles. There in the center, Jennifer lay in the open casket as if dead. She was dressed in her long satin gown....Her hands, folded at her waist, held a single white rose."God you're gorgeous" said BillJennifer openned her eyes and smiled "Happy birthday, Bill" Then closed her eyes and resumed her death-like pose. Bill gently caressed her face, and ran his fingers through her golden hair. Then he began to gently stroke her breasts which lay firm and round. " Did you join the company early on when it was spun off?" No, I came in fairly late. I've been here about a year. The technology we use is really state of the art. All the suit manufacturers have some other high tech industry background." And you've had a tough time from some sections of the media and society?" She produced a magazine from her bag and opened it ostentatiously in front of him, leaning towards him at the same time and reaching for her recorder with her other hand. I couldn't. “What do you think honey? I’m not sure this is for us,” he said.“Doug this is your thing, I’m good with going if you want to, but if you don’t want to go, I don’t either.” I knew that was the answer he was looking for.He smiled to my response; I knew he wanted to try again.“Do you know who is going to be there? Is Dan and Heidi part of this?” Doug asked.I could tell he was hoping they were not. “Rachel didn’t say there were and she did say that we would not know the other three couples, so I. Just say the word…’ I laughed. ‘Tempting, believe me. Something tells me he wouldn’t stand a chance against you now.’ ‘You’d better believe it. Hold still.’ ‘What?’ Having finished off the last mouthful of his sandwich, he leaned across the table towards me, touching the tip of his finger to my top lip. ‘Messy girl,’ he murmured, showing me the smear of tomato ketchup on his fingertip before raising it to his own lips and licking it off. Oh boy. A prickle of awareness rippled down my spine, my.