Taking his arm down, his voice floated over, in a tone she had not heard him use in what seemed an eternity. ‘Honestly, the offer was simply too goo... to pass up.’ His reply was direct and too the point. ‘Plus things between us were hardly going swimmingly, so I thought I should start planning ahead, you know, like filling up my retirement fund.’ Leah flinched, Andrew looked up with pain and met her eyes. The moment was brief, before they both inhaled, they were back on guard with steeled. I had so much grease on my arm that the sleeve tattoo I’d been working on for weeks was almost invisible. His asshole was winking at me- my fucking cigar drool was leaking out of his hole.I plunked my thumb up his ass. I handed him my cigar. He reached down, and grabbed my cock in his big hand and slapped it against his butt. The phone stopped ringing. The answering machine kicked in. I heard the gravely voice of my Dad. “Gus?”“Gus? Answer the fucking phone!”But there was other business. He had to begin working on the Cortez campaign, but more importantly, he needed to research the crystals. Was there any information on them other than what Construct was providing? Was it part of Atlantis? The island nation that was consumed by the sea, which had been part of the Atlantis myth - was the myth not a myth?Tina knocked on his door, saying softly, “Jack, if there’s any way I can help you, anything at all, please let me know,” her complexion turning pink as she blushed deeply.He. I was angry, of course--fucking furious. But I'd been that way for nearly five weeks, so I was in no rush."Okay," he said finally. "So you know--what do you want?" He looked older all of a sudden, like the energy had gone out of him. "What do you want from me?" Outside in my car, Carl, is a big manila envelope addressed to your wife's office. I'm going to be dropping by the FedEx office as soon as I leave here, unless I get a great deal of cooperation from you during this visit."His face turned.