Have a good night,ladies." Mac made his way into the office, closing the door behind him."Is he...connected?" Mary Anne asked.Jane nearly doubled over...laughing. "No, he's a big sweetie. He justcarries himself like that for business image. If people in your club arescared of you, they're less likely to show their ass. Anyway, here'ssome tips, Jeanie. Don't worry about drinking too much, because Stevewaters ours down pretty heavy, and talk to the guys, but don't actuallysay anything. Just smile. Helen appeared oblivious as she went first to some place called "The Body Shop". It didn't look like any auto repair shop Tony had ever seen — full of bottles and jars and tubs of lotions, potions and other assorted perfumed concoctions.She spent a good ten minutes in there, reading labels, sniffing bottles, dabbing on creams. Then she got into a deep conversation on the relative merits of different floral concoctions. Tony would've been bored off his head, except every movement she made. He began going door to door in Braxton in attempts to convince these families to take their daughters back in, but to no avail. They no longer wanted anything to do with the useless creatures they had raised. Charles knew something had to be done to get these pitiful creatures off the street, and so the idea for Lockley’s School for Unloved Girls was born. Instead of pleading to the families to take the girls back in, he instead went to them offering to turn their trash into decent members of. I know that it's the price I pay for my excessive flirtation. I should have been more reserved, more cautious about how I presented myself. I shouldn't have been so selfish as to think that I could just get what I wanted without giving something in return. Thank god we'll be "even" after this. Until next time, at least. I shouldn't think about that though; I shouldn't let it happen, even. But in this moment, there's no hope for escape. All I can do now is take what I'm given and remember why I.