' Isabel thought to herself with pride.She was about to call out as she stepped into the room, but stopped as she saw Jane fast asleep on the couch. S...e had obviously been watching the TV, her back against the upholstered arm, legs pulled up, and, as she fell asleep, her right leg had fallen sideways, her short pink skirt ridding up so that Isabel could see her daughters white cotton panties.Isabel found herself looking at the way the soft cotton bulged over and moulded itself to the hidden. "The wheels were turning in Chris' mind as they talked. And by the timethey arrived downtown, a plan was forming in her mind. Randy andCarrie, the happy couple, got out of the limo to brave the gauntlet ofpaparazzi. Chris made a phone call to her friend who knew a guy whoknew a guy who knew a guy who could help. She decided she'd keep thisto herself so that Carrie would have plausible deniability if it allwent sideways.Monday Chris got a call, telling her to come to an office in ThousandOaks. She looked up wild-eyed, screaming at him as he tried to calm her down.“What happened? I’m here to help you, please stop screaming and let me help! Is your little girl alright?” he asked loudly, as he knelt in front of her and grabbed the woman’s shoulders, shaking her.The little girl reached out for Coop as he knelt on the ground; he took her in his arms without even thinking. She hugged his neck and laid her head on his shoulder as the woman sank to the ground again, sobbing and talking. Brilliant and sweet. I was hooked.’ ‘I forgot you were in that class,’ Lauryn said, fighting a sudden urge to look at him. She the the water around her to distract herself with the play of the waves. She heard him slip into the water, though, and couldn’t help but look. He only took a few strokes and then tread water, not really approaching her. And she realized one of the other reasons she was uncomfortable with Sean. He was no Barry, objectively, but he was still cute, and there was something.