I had almost 300 of them. My computer was a Mac laptop that I paid almost $2,000 for. I was afraid someone would steal it if I took it to school so I ...eft it here and bought a cheaper one. I paid for both of them myself. It adds up.”“I suppose it does,” Beth said.“I’m also missing all my gowns and the shoes that match them,” she continued. “A couple of the gowns cost more than $1,500 and I had two pairs of Jimmy Choo pumps that cost $800 each.”“Good God!” Phil muttered. He wasn’t sure. Okay, that was the basic plan, but it would have to wait until Doug and Pete returned from California. That might run as long as a month, but that was soon enough to make the scheme work. I contacted a lawyer I knew and had the paperwork started on forming Sunshine Enterprises, Inc. I was going to be CEO, Alice would be CFO, Agnes would be Chief of IT, and we would find suitable jobs for Doug and Pete when they returned. Unless plans changed, Sunshine Enterprises, Inc. was only going to last. Rose andthe others nodded in agreement.In truth, sleep deprivation was not the only reason Rose was messing upthis morning. In lieu of her fight with Hazel, Rose had forgotten whathad kept her up in the first place and she had been reminded with a joltwhen she encountered Narjis and Iris having 'make-up sex' in the bathroomshortly after arriving at the studio that morning.Iris bent over the sink, her elegant floral patterned sun dress hikedunceremoniously up over her hips while Narjis rammed. She was obviously a redhead. He couldn't see her pubic hair, but her roots were clearly visible, the way her wild mane was thrown forward over her face. Sweat glistened all over her extremely pale skin. "Lady," Baxter called gently. "Lady, listen ... I'm Baxter. How much slack have you got in that rope?"Her head cocked over in his direction at the sound of his voice. She scrambled to her knees and crawled in his direction, but was brought up short by the same amount of rope he was on. "Please.