"Besides, I can't help it if that guy admired my body. I want Tiger to think of me as his centerfold mommy, and having that guy hype me like that help...d. After you shared today that you almost were in Playboy, do you think I can just stand around and be an old fuddy-duddy nobody?"Suzanne held Susan close and spoke softly into her ear. "You're no fuddy-duddy, that's for sure. Your son totally has the hots for you, and you know it! Besides, you could have been in a magazine just as easily as I. The thought provoked his naturally slanted mouth to perk a grin. Yes, he loved the sounds those past inspirations made and the longer they remained in bondage the sweeter their sounds. His tilted his head back and finished the remaining wine in one swallow. His head lowered forward, eyes again scanned the vacancy of his apartment as he took another lengthy drag from the cigar. He could have easily taken home one of his ‘biggest fans’ but he was never one for droll and plain and simple minded. The people in town all think thenatives just sit around and wait for welfare checks, but I am findingthat is not so." Ha! Not here," Kyle said. River wondered if it was possible thatthat grin might actually split his face. Is this where the South Parkcartoons got their depiction of Canadians? "Everybody knows to comeup here when they have something broken. I'm pretty good at fixinganything. Rod Ravensclaw is pretty good with cars and stuff, but I'vegot the equipment to beat even him." I see,". He awaited a reply, hoping against hope that somebody would see his signal in a bandwidth graph or notice the size of the fragmented data packets and work out that it was a message. He felt like an ancient sailor casting a note into the ocean in a glass bottle, an almost futile gesture.Night eventually came, and he found himself dozing off in his seat, rubbing his itchy eyes as he waited for a message that might never come. Perhaps he was kidding himself, and his plan was ridiculous. What if.