She ran for a door on the far side of the kitchen, however, when she tried to open it, it was locked. There was a small counter in the center of the k...tchen and she dove behind it.Calmly, Nikolae came down the stairs with the fluid grace of a panther; He knew there was nowhere left for her to run.Sitting on the bottom step, he blocked her only way out. “Lily, come out, you can’t hide.” His calm voice made her hesitate.“I just want to make love to you. Come here.” Although it was an order and. I mean, Charlie and Paul for sure did.” Sandy got more animated. Her face lit up when she said, “They kept trying to touch them... every time I had the ball.” “You were still playing keep-away? Bob and his two friends? And you topless?” “Uh, yeah...” Sandy bit down on her lip. “Uh... that's why I took it off... so we could keep playing.” “Yeah, I guess you were playing,” her mother observed with some amount of understanding. “Did you like being touched?” “I uh... guess so. I am supposed to,. I had picked up my coat and was walking across the lobby toward the door when Hanson stepped in front of me."Do you have any idea what you've done?" He asked."Yes," I said. "I fucked you before you and DC&H could finish fucking my wife and I hope I cost you millions. I would hate to think that we all went through this for a few hundred thousand dollars." You're going to pay for this." Hanson said."Actually, I think you will be the one who pays for this," I said. "Along with my law suit I am. He couldn't hook into her feelings, since she didn't really fit the criteria for him being attracted to her - but his ability to get into the thoughts of the people around him was coming along nicely. He didn't like what he saw."Well," he temporized, "It really is personal business. And I assumed that that's what that charge number is there for, so I think it'd be best of I used that."His manager looked at him. This was a side of Ken she'd never seen. Usually, he was the perfect corporate.