"No, I don't think so". She crossed the room to take her bag from him, "Not tonight anyway". She kissed him on the cheek and we thanked him as he left...We explored the suite together, marvelling at the luxury."How the other half lives eh?" I said"Yes" she replied, "but let's live that life for the next two weeks and enjoy every moment of it. I know we have a lot of plans but tonight Ben, let's start with just you and I. Let's go for a meal, have a first date and get to know each other".To be. She was up after a few minutes, dressed in a sweatsuit. She did what she always did when she was depressed, turn on CNBC. As an economist, the lies and cheerleading coming out of CNBC and the other stock channels held a morbid fascination for her. What a bunch of bullshit, she thought. These people belong in jail, promoting stocks that could not hold their value, predicting big things for sectors of the economy that were already over-inflated. She stared quietly at the screen, remembering her. And then her parents cancelled."Well, fuck." That was about the extent of my reaction. But we had already rearranged everything and bought a goddamn dinner table, Mona said, that we might as well keep the arrangement. It would take some getting used to, though. But, she said, it was a good idea, and who was I to disagree with Mona? It was difficult. My dresser got in the way of everything, and I barely used it to store anything aside from underwear and socks. Even my makeup box had moved down. He saw a mischievous sparkle in her eye. "I think I may be ready for what comes next. The rest is up to him." Well now, Robby thought, that really puts the cat among the pigeons.Robby could see the triumph in his mother's eye. He wracked his brains fruitlessly trying to come up with a way out of this. He really didn't want to hear her crowing about her future grandchildren.Not realizing she could be overheard, Deidra muttered, "Who do I gotta kill to look that good?" The thought passed through.