" That sounds fair," she said. "I'll have them draw up a new contract for you with a signing bonus, a nice healthy one." Then the answer is yes," I sa...d. "I'll do my best for you." I am sure you will," she said in a tone that suggested I had better believe it. "See you at one." The phone went dead. I wondered briefly how much I could have gotten if I had an agent and negotiated a bit.I put the handset down, finished my coffee and called Bob Philips at the Post. He was not in so I got his voice. I gave her most of the money when we split, so I had to start over, scrimping, saving and working over-time until I could purchase the house I moved in to a few months ago, paying cash.The house is a beautiful, old, two-story structure, built in 1851. It sits on ten acres about twenty miles outside of a large Midwestern city. It needs a bit of work, and has it quirks, but I love the place. I spend most of my free time fixing it up and remodeling it, but maintaining the original styling.When I. Adonas eyes wondered over the passer bye's of the crowd landing on a few handsome man in business attire brief cases in hand and a beverage in other. Many woman in a fitted suit like hers walked the streets also some with the handsome man her eyes landed on. Neon lights of local businesses lit the sidewalks making everyone have a following shadow behind them. Smells like steak, ribs, BBQ, alcohol and smoke was present in the rowdy sports bars. Adona's passer byes without to her knowledge were. Carl hung his head andadmitted, "No, Ma'am."She nodded and said, "Now straighten that posture, young lady. And golook in the bottom of your closet. I got you something that will finishoff this combo perfectly."A chill ran up his back. What else did she want him to put on? Heopened the door and looked down. There sat a pair of open-toed highheels... clear plastic ones. With translucent plastic roses on theirfronts. He shivered as he slid his feet out of his heels and into thenew footwear.