" Yes you do—the R & D guy," Crossman clarified."Lowell?" Frank asked. "I don't think so.It's true—he's having a hard time adjusting to corporate ...ife. I don't think he has enough knowledge of the finance world to pull it off, and just between you and me—I don't think he's got the guts, either." Maybe so," Crossman replied, "but he's going to be a target for the time being. The FBI knows that he's been unhappy." Who told them that?" I did," was Crossman's forthright reply. "Alvin and I went. Aiden thanked the hostess with a smile and then turned his attention to Dani.She was as bright as a tomato and he could feel the heat of her flesh under his touch. For the most part, he wasn’t fondling her, he just had his hand on her breast as if it were the most natural thing to be doing. But of course, he couldn’t not fondle her a little bit here and there. A gentle squeeze, or his thumb rubbing around or over her nipple to make sure it would stay hard throughout their time at the. Tangmere,taking Stephanie's arm and smiling as only a CEO can smile when they wantsomebody to do something for them.-----000-----A few hours later, Terry and Stephanie were back at the dorm in theircommon room. Terry was drinking Grand Marnier and listening to some to thegolden oldies that his brothers had loved so much, like the Smiths andlike Siouxsie and the Banshees. Stephanie leaned back in her study chairand put her feet on the table.She asked Terry why he paid his own way through school,. She noted the time on her clipboard and waited asthe panel door from the laboratory hissed open. She pushed a loose blondehair back into place and stepped out into the corridor. As she headed along the gangway, towards her cabin, she was suddenlyaware of another presence, something watching her, something near. She turned, caught a glimpse of a single green tentacle and then,catching her heel in the steel grating of the gangway, fell backwards onthe steel platform, knocking the breath from.