" Emily smiled and placed Mac's bill on the table before she walked off.Mac finished his meal and thought about having another beer. He shook his head...and drained his water before he left. He had too much to do to sit here drinking beer and he for sure didn't need to spend the money on it. He had little enough of that as it was. He looked at the bill and smiled. It came to $7.50 before tax. In town the same meal would have been $11.00 or more. He stood and walked to the cash register. He. Her hair was pretty in a nearly androgynous way, but her eyes were very feminine, with their mischief and unabashed playfulness. The hetaira obviously lived for a new thrill, and her affair with Bellerophon had become dull, though the latter fact was still unknown to Alcaeon.He wasn't so naïve that her probable interest in his potential authority and influence didn't occur to him. In any case, he could also see hints that she truly found him attractive in a unique way. He sensed that it had. I reiterated that so long as they were there when I wanted them, they were fancy free the rest of the time. They left my office bickering quietly, but in a friendly way. (‘Constance Amoah, how could you show me up like that in front of James? I’ve never been so embarrassed in –’ ‘Jeez, Fran, lighten up. I told you he wouldn’t mind.’ And so on as they receded.) It always pleased me to see my girls on good terms and it was with a light heart that I returned to my paperwork, making encouraging. If I had of known that you were here I would have made the trip a long time ago. What brings you to Dallas? Don't tell me that you live here now?" Dallas? Mike, you have to be crazy if you think that I would live in this part of the country. I'm here attending a conference."She said as she started to rise from her seat at my arrival. She knew what she was doing, sticking her chest out, cocking her hip and giving me the opportunity to again appreciate what a full figured beauty she really was..