I feel like a new person." You look like a new person too!" I commented. "You're smiling and that worry line in your forehead is gone." Oh, I was so d...wn on myself that day. I needed this whole new start on life." She bubbled."But, you centered yourself and put those things behind you for your interview."She blushed and said "Thanks to you. A complete stranger gave me a shot of reality. You're a good person to help me."Mary had been distracted by another project and came back to the. I pushed Ali up against the wall, and for the first time in what felt like years I kissed her, properly. She giggled and pulled away, eyes gleaming, slipping underneath my arm, and pulled me with her, breaking into a sprint. I knew where we were going. The tarmac burned beneath my feet – we needed to get to her house, private, or god help me I was going to fuck her on the street. I needed her so fucking much. Ali locked the front door behind us, and pulled me up the stairs after her, a rush.. "Leah's fiancé is an architect," I said. "I haven't seen any of his work. And I don't know if designing small office buildings would appeal to him, but please check with him, Sable. If he's interested, put him with Frank Camp."Camp was the CEO of the condo development company.Why didn't I think of that? Sable asked herself."Will do," she said."What's the schedule for taking that company public?" The schedule hasn't changed. Next week, Camp is meeting with the investment banker you recommended. "Wait -- don't go. I didn't mean it that way, Steffi. You're race doesn't make any difference to me. You're a beautiful woman -- you're just not what I visualized. I'm delighted to meet you. Please stay." My rates are five hundred per hour ... in advance."I reached into my pocked and withdrew a stack of bills -- mostly hundreds but with a few fifties and twenties -- held together with a brass money clip. I set it on a table near the door. "When you're done here, you're free to take whatever you.