“You are wonderful just the way you are!” he said, causing her to catch her breath and sigh.This was the kind of declaration that he’d wanted to...make for ever so long a time. Now, he realized, it was being possible.She reached out and put her hand on his. Then he got a kind of twinkle in his eye.“Okay,” she said, grinning. “Say it! I know you will!”“Yes,” he said, as though proud of himself. “I’m working here at getting into your pants!”She burst out laughing, hiding her all out grin with her. Cross your legsagain, look at how sexy they look in black stockings, feel the fabric slither,hear the sound of your long, manicured fingernails produce absently scratchingagainst your thigh. Susan felt content. Being a woman, an attractive woman among other women whoall acknowledged her looks and made very clear comments about her sex appealis good. The only thing better is throwing some men in the mix, right? Was it the third or fourth cocktail in when Mick and Shane joined the groupof merry. Stephan and Charley were in that category. Others, like Nigel and Hugh, she captured through giving them unfettered access to women they could not resist. And of course she was not above engendering shame in a man for having "gotten the girl in trouble." Her tactics were abhorrent, but having said that, I could not but admit that the pairings she eventually made all ended well. In fact, I must confess, though strongly against my will, that she was brilliant in choosing mates for her girls.I get. As Don got into his car, he reflected that there were probably seven city council members that wouldn't be answering their phones for days.The car started hard; it was a former city police car that had seen better days, but Don hardly ever drove it farther than the city limits, and it saved the city a few ostentatious dollars.The sewer inspection crew had been working on the sewer system since Monday, but Don had yet to be able to get out to see what they were up to. He gave Jack Musgrave a.