Really, I'm satisfied with my present salary. I'm sorry if I mislead you about my intentions."She leaned back in her chair and smiled. "Tell you what ...'ll do, Sandee. I'll think about it over night and let you know tomorrow whether you still have a job here. That's all ... get back to work."I stumbled to my feet, grimacing from the pain in the pit of my stomach. She was dismissing me like I was a teenage school girl."Oh, by the way," she said just as I reached the door. "I rather like the way. Not bad for my first solo effort I thought."Wonderful Michele; you are getting the hang of it now," Carmel cooed like I was a good pupil who had learned her lessons well.Then I took stock of the situation. I had been concentrating on applying my makeup and was amazingly, feeling a shimmer of pride in my efforts! What the fuck was wrong with me! I had also referred to myself as 'SHE' in a number of my thoughts and more disturbingly had subconsciously thought of: 'MY makeup!' 'MY clothes!' and. She is normally bubbly and even boisterous. When I first asked, Tracy told me nothing was wrong but when I persisted, she broke down and cried on my shoulder." Jack has been kidnapped. He vanished several days ago. His kidnappers finally contacted her and demanded a million dollars as a good faith down payment. She was told that more money would be demanded once this was received and before Jack would be released. That was not the only thing they demanded though. They demanded that all the. She was 35 years old and he just 18 and she was still technically married to his father. He decided to be honest in the end. "Sometimes telling that special someone how you feel and what you want is hard, particularly when they're the woman of your dreams." Alison picked up her cup again and silently drank, draining the cup. Around them people came and went, chairs sc****d and the young waiter hustled and bustled carrying piles of plates towards the kitchen and dropping off cups of steaming tea.