Harold admitted readily that he couldn't pay everything he owed Mike here and now, but he had £400 and would pay off another £200 a week until the d...bt was gone."Make that £300 a week for a year Harold," Mike said. "Not a penny less. If you get behind again I'll take your house. And don't go anywhere else until we're square. I'll know if you do, Harold, and I won't like it."Harold Banks gasped. £300 a week for a year - that was close to £16.000, or nearly twice what he owed. He started to say. Other companies would settle for paper hats and a quick trip to Display and Costume, but the partnership took pride in going to extremes for the annual ball, providing live music, catering, and an open bar. Fortunately for Eleanor, it was also downtown in the WAC penthouse, twenty three floors over the glittering Sound and the neon heart of the emerald city. There were rooms to be had in the hotel and Eleanor took the liberty of booking two of them under a false name; it cost a fortune, but. “I think it’s best we keep our distance.”Luca let her hand go. He could hear the pain and sorrow in her voice. He cleared his throat.“How much do you remember now?”She glanced at her feet for a moment and then looked back at him.“I remember everything Luca.”“Is that why you are so distant now?”“No.”“Then why?”“I thought, at first, the reason you were avoiding me was because I couldn’t remember. Even though I could feel we had something. You denied it.”Luca gazed at the moon. “I didn’t want you. A very conservative society where women were kept indoors and not allowed to converse with other men.Never in my dreams would I have ever thought to loose my virginity in that country, well my wildest dreams would become reality in the next few lines. A hot June afternoon I was resting on my bed while the hot air was making me go crazy.Suddenly the doorbell rings and I open up the door to be blown away by a beautiful girl smiling "Salaam'' she greeted in a sweet voice,I stood there numb.