"Sandy, you are a beautiful woman and a lovely person, and you know how much I care for you, but I don't think that we are right for each other. The w...man I spend the rest of my life with has to have just a touch of the slut in her." You are shitting me. You want a slut for a wife?" No, not a slut, just a woman with a touch of slutishness. I don't want someone with round heels, but I do want someone who will cut loose once in a while, let it all hang out." Oh wow Paul, I never knew that about. ." replied Todd a curious drawl. "Rumor is the owner hasroots here." "Huh...how so?" said Cletus, now officially interested in the identityof this new slick big city newcomer. "I dunno exactly, but that's what I hear. Guys totally loaded too, I'mtalkin front page of Forbes and Fortune magazine loaded. What I did hearis that his family history somehow goes back about as far as..." he paused,trying to recall the exact year he'd heard. "I dunno, eighteen hundredsomething..." "You don't. ’ I passed one of the bottles to her. When her hand touched mine, I felt that tingling feeling again. Shit! Here we go again! ‘Why are you so … wary of me?’ she asked out of the blue. ‘Same short story … same reason for no answer.’ ‘Bullshit!’ she spat without venom. She had my undivided attention. ‘What’s the matter, never heard a woman swear before?’ ‘Nope … I mean yes … I’ve heard women swear before. I’m just wondering what the big deal is.’ ‘I think I intimidate you. You think I’m too. Lorihad a Ph.D. in manipulation and used it for the betterment of someoneelse. Those shameful tears were easily disguised as joyful ones by her.Another hug when saying thanks was all which was needed for the ruse. Notwanting to give any of her marks the chance to catch the grift just ran,she excused herself for bed citing how she was still not used to the timedifference.In laying in bed crying herself to sleep came the sixth and final firstof the night for Lori. The pain of her past actions was.