" Marco studied the man's face, seeing that the wheels wereturning.'Now to finish the sell,' Marco breathed silently. "Tell you what, I'lleven pay *yo...* $500 for doing it. If you don't like the way things feelwhen we get there, I can drop you back off here and pay you $200 for thetrouble. Sound like a deal?"Gabriel thought for a couple moments more and agreed. "Deal."Marco gave a small laugh. "Fantastic! Besides you're in college! Yougotta live a little right?"Gabriel chuckled nervously. "Yeah. Com, or even Rolling Stone and you’ll know that much. But American Architect and Designer is a professional journal. Surely you don’t think I would fawn over Toscano like a besotted groupie.’ Dr. Chesney leaned forward to the desk again. ‘I certainly want to believe you have the strength to resist the enticements a man like Toscano offers, Catrina. To be perfectly frank, you remind me of my own daughter and I wish no less for you than I ever did for her. These days my daughter is beyond my. A loud boom of thunder followed closely by lightning takes out my power leaving me with a full wash and no lights.... . I reset my circuit breaker; I had power, but the storm had damaged my washing machine. Grabbing my torch, I clamor for the local directory and find the number for the nearest repairman. Ringing the number a recorded message said that they were extremely busy and to leave a brief message and they would attend as soon as possible and apologized for the inconvenience. Leaving my. " I sat there with my eyes closed for a few minutes, willing the pain to go away. Gayla moved over from the couch to the love seat and put a hand on my arm."Is she that bad?" My head seems to think so." Care to talk about it?" Not tonight. If torture is your game I'm sure I can find pliers or something for you to use on me, less painful than talking about her and her .....Never mind."We laughed and I showed her to my guest bedroom.sleep was hard to come by that night. My mind kept running.