? Sometimes, when she putshim into the most intense misery and fear, she notices his hands quickly startto reach toward his chest, as if to rip the st...ne off and stop the loss, butthen, just as quickly, stops himself.? Itis such a small thing, barely noticeable.?She wonders whether he knows he does it, whether he knows she notices,whether he has any idea of what that does for her. As she continuesher work, grinding him down, coldly and slowly stripping away his emotionaldefenses, at some point. Are you doing anything tonight?" I was going to go over to Tessa's. Want to come along?" Sure," I said. "What time were you going?" We're going shopping this afternoon, but we should be back around five. Ummm... Sean?" Uh-huh?" Bring along a couple of those... things you got yesterday, okay?"It was a good thing I was sitting down, because my knees turned to water as soon as she said that. "Yeah, of course," I said. "Anything you say." Good. Just remember that, and you'll get along with this. I then pulled her to me and kissed her passionately. "Does that make you feel better?" Yes it does. You know how much I love you, don't you?" Yes I do. Now I need to talk to your sister."I walked back to the pool and asked Audrey to join me in my study. I watched her get out of the pool and boy, does she have a body.I stopped by the kitchen and grabbed a Diet Coke. I was checking for any new e-mails when Audrey came in wrapped in a towel."I didn't want to get your furniture wet," she said and. .. or something."It doesn't seem fair to put it all on one or two people," she said. She didn't even believe her own statement, and knew it sounded flat.She had decided to get to the bottom of the "Bobby phenomenon" as she thought of it. Every woman who went in there came out looking different, even though Bobby always looked like ... Bobby. She saw Meg and Sally trade looks, and her determination firmed.Yes, she was going to find out what went on in there, and whether she was going to have to.