We slowed up as she turned into a large set of wooden gates and leaned forward to press a button on her dash board causing the gates to slowly open. M... eyes widened as I saw the size of the mansion she called home. 'Who do you share this with?' I immediately apologized for being nosy but she giggled and said it was fine. 'I live alone, a huge waste of space really isn't it. I used to have a long term partner but we didn't share the same lifestyle choices and eventually we just went our separate. Claire sat at his antique desk with the percolated marble top and jade pendant drawer pulls. "This is a gorgeous desk." she said as she ran her hand over the wood finish and fissured top. "I found it in Malaysia while there doing a project." he explained "I had to have it, so I had it shipped back." "Impressive." Claire breathed as she admired it. Her attention was once again focused on the computer as she entered the search information. The first site that popped up had videos of sex acts. She steeled herself before opening the employee door and told herself, ‘Nice, Nice, Nice,’ and walked in. ‘Hi Carol! Hi Judy! Hi Samantha!’ The greetings hurt coming out. It was so fake. But she’d been fake before with no problem. This was different. ‘Hi Jen,’ Carol replied, ‘feeling ok?’ ‘Oh yeah… great,’ she lied. ‘How are the kids?’ ‘They are… ok,’ she said, bemused, Jen hadnever asked about them before. ‘Great… that’s great. Can’t wait to get to work… let’s open those doors.’ She felt the. Staying at her place is out of the question. I told Curtis that I wanted to spend some personal time with my 'aunt' and that I needed to bring my stuff to my hotel room, even tough I don?t have one yet. Curtis was all right with that and told us to meet him for dinner that evening. He and Chris kissed each other later and we drove downtown.So Chris, Kevin and I were alone in her car. And I have all these questions in my mind. ?Wow, you?ve changed a lot,? was the first thing that came out of my.