" You don?t like it?" I asked, knowing full well that he wascomplimenting me."No, I don?t." He approached me and laid one hand on the top of each ofmy...arms. "I adore it," he said, then kissed me. "I adore you." Anotherkiss, but as much as I loved the kisses, I stopped him."That?s enough, stud," I giggled. "Don?t mess up my makeup. Go put onyour tux and let?s go have a nice last night in Hawaii." Sounds like a plan," he smiled and leaned forward once more to kiss me."No!" I insisted. "No more. Mae — you can sleep here. Lenny — you’ll need to use the spare bunk in Mikey’s room.”I set Mae’s bag in the guest room. She stepped in and closed the door. “We can’t sleep together?” she whispered. “What’s with that?”“Karen’s a little uptight about this — she doesn’t want to show a bad example to Mikey. At least, that’s what she told me.”“Uptight? How long were the two of them married before Mikey came along?”“To be honest,” I whispered, “I never bothered to count it out. Knowing Karen like I. You OK with that?”“I don’t know how to thank you.”“Thank me by doing a good job so I make a bigger fortune. Now, go and have a good time.” I stood again and turned to leave. “Faye.”“Yes, Dolly?”“I’m serious. You’re too good to sink to whoring for work. Remember that, promise.” I promised. “I have a rule. I never, ever fuck anyone who is going to work for me in any way. If I didn’t mean to hire you I’d have made a pass. You’re attractive,” nobody ever said ‘beautiful,’ “and you’re clever and you. That is what I couldn’t remember this morning. I looked at my watch and realized that it wasn’t five in the morning in Hawaii yet. I had to be sure to call later this morning.Ken, with Alec riding on his lap, wheeled into the office. He said, “I’m set up for our meeting this morning. This is almost as exciting as when we were bidding on that property. It’s only been a little more than a year and we’re over two months ahead of schedule. Julio is a mastermind at getting work done. See you.