" She'd been right on both accounts! "I also noticed you got very excited when I modelled my lingerie," she added, smiling deviously. ... I blushed. The rest of the meal went along, and we stayed for dessert and an aperitif. DeDe explained that she wanted to give Mona enough time to get home and "prepare." I didn't know what that meant, but I was going to find out in a very thrilling way. DeDe's house was in a very fancy section of town called Noble Cliffs, which was. I can see where Jennifer gets it from. "That's for me to know, and you to find out, Anna," I replied, wondering how far we could carry our flirtatious conversation. "Would it help me find out if I bought you a drink?" Another emoticon, this time an innocent angel face with a halo. "Maybe several drinks?" she continued. "Anna, for several drinks, I'll tell you anything you'd like to hear... lol. Of course, I might be slurring my words so badly you might not understand what I was saying." "How. I started with the story idea as I said, and outlined it in five pages. From past experience, I expected about twelve thousand words, I wound up with thirty-seven thousand words, three times what I was aiming for. Marla was supposed emerge from her ordeals a stronger, more independent person than she started.You ever hear an author say the characters do things unexpected? I never really believed it until I started writing seriously. Marla is a prime example of this phenomenon. The story. ”I hugged Kathy and said “thank you for allowing us to use your office.I asked her “how is Mike was doing?”She told me “Mike passed shortly after your wife, I keep wearing his collar because I can’t bring myself take it off.”I apologized to Kathy “I am sorry for not knowing your husband passed.She replied “it is ok you were caught up in my own grief at the time. His passing was sudden and unexpected.”I asked Kathy if she was still involved in the lifestyle, she replied “no, I’m not. Mostly.