“But what if she declines? Asked Maurice.Before Mike could respond, his brother exclaimed “Ah! The chloroform”Mike winked in agreement with his ...rother. He continued “We film everything. And I’m just gonna say it because I know you’re also thinking about this. We will definitely mess with her body, but!” Mike put his finger on his brother’s forehead. “You deal with the camera. I get to mess her first. Then you’ll have your chance”.Maurice was about to protest when the door opened and Clarissa. She’d never really gotten over the wonder of Christmas that so many outgrew. It was a big reason why she was so angry at her husband, but also the reason she was having trouble holding onto that anger. She stood, hugging her arms around herself, and took in the scene until the wreath ended its first song, moving on to Silent Night. The lure of the coffee pulled her again, and she soon had a cup in hand when she returned to the room. The pettiness of how she’d reacted steadily burned through her. My job is to make the office productive and to show the replacement manager how to become even stronger in his community. Work with this new man and you will all be rewarded. You have a special opportunity, so take advantage of it. I'll work with him to show him how I like an office to run, and then he'll be the one calling the shots from there on. There are several things that we can do to increase the profits of this office, and we're going to do them all. That means bigger quarterly bonuses. "Let's meet in the middle atNarragansett." "Excellent," she replied as she named a seafood restaurant. "Do you knowit?" "Yes, they have great lobster rolls there," I replied. "Great, why don't we meet there at 1," she suggested. "Okay," I replied. Chapter 13We arrived almost at the same time and walked into the small seafoodrestaurant together. To all the world we looked like two friends meetingfor lunch, it just goes to show how little most people know about.