Drunk his jism, to boot."Yeah, Derek, but I don't want to get into a hassle with her. She's my mother, after all, you know, and she might be a little ...pset about --" She didn't seem upset last night."Charlene took a deep breath, calming herself. "Well, Derek, maybe --" Shut up." He'd somehow managed to slip an arm about her shoulders on the back of the sofa and now that arm was drawing her towards him. There was no avoiding his lips and she let him kiss her, figuring it was just the opening. " Sure thing," I chimed in. "I'll make sure he takes care of these soonas he returns and get them back to you."With a puzzled look on her face she handed over the papers and, sayinggoodbye, she walked away.* * * * * * * * * *(Kelly's story)Kelly Hansen has worked for Charlie for nearly 3 years. She is verygood at taking care of things that come through the office daily, sinceCharlie does not come in to his office every day. When he does comeinto the office, it is mainly to make sure any. "Hello Mandy. You're new here aren't you? I'm Peter by the way."I introduced myself and explained that I was there for a week to sortout the budgets. Peter looked quite disappointed when he heard that Iwas to be leaving so quickly and there was then one of those awkwardpauses that happens when someone wants to talk but hasn't got a cluewhat to say next. In the end, I took a sip of my coffee and broke thedeadlock by saying that I'd better let him get back to his work.There's something about. I would have preferred a loft just a few blocks south, where the area was already fully converted, but that wasn’t in my price range. Still, I was within walking distance of the best nightlife in town and was ready to start dating. My only rule was that i refused to date anyone from work. No chance I was going to let anyone assume that I was being promoted for anything other than my brains and hard work.All of my plans went up in smoke less than 3 weeks after moving in. I was sitting on my.