He didn’t get to meet them the day that we got the full “Treatment” for the dance. He was just as nice to Laura and Becky, after they were intro...uced. We decided to wait for our guys to get there before we got started on dinner, so we all just sat around the table talking.”“Becky obviously “smelled” money from how big and beautiful the house was. I’m sure that the way my father dressed and carried himself also impressed her. She was like a shark smelling blood in the water. She pretty much. Her heart spoke to her, 'Oh god, it feels good, ' but her conscience responded, 'you're still in the car park for anyone to see!' "Mark, we need to go," Helen finally managed to whisper. Dragging his lips from her skin, Mark had a dazed look before realisation dawned, and he eased himself away. He paused for a second, walked into the rays of street light, then hailed a passing taxi. Raw nerves tingling, she collapsed into the taxi seat trying to make sense of the situation. Here she was with. About profit margins ... about anything and everything reeking of finance, and profit for THE COMPANY.When I’d try to redirect the conversation to any other subject, my work, our home, or even sex itself, it was suddenly as if I’d started speaking Linux, or Java Programing Language, or Mandarin Chinese, or something she couldn’t understand. She’d sort of tune out, then get this blank zoned out glassy-eyed stare, and finally just wait until I ran down. When I did she’d pick up right where she’d. "She nodded. "I don't know how much Pyx has told you about me." She said you were the one who fought to keep her," said Vonda."And that you were like a mother to her."The nun started to tear up. "That's right. And as a mother, it is sometimes hard to let an adult child go. Especially if you feel she's making a bad choice."Vonda took the weeping nun into her arms. "We love Pyx very much. We'll take good care of her." But she's such a fragile thing. One wrong word can hurt her deeply."Vonda.