I told her that she didn't have to give me breakfast in bed but she said she wanted to thank me for last night I asked her what I had done and she tol... me that I made her feel safe and made her feel like a true lady and it had been a long time since she felt like that. I told her it was hard being in the same bed with her naked but that I have great respect for women and would never do anything without her wanting it to. Carrie teared up and told me that most guys only want her for sex nothing. ‘Thank you, did your raise or lower expectations?’ Bud asked. ‘Lowered, I looked them over last night and didn’t like what I saw. I will need to spend some more time with those offices to get a better handle on their pipelines,’ Cliff shared. ‘You know me. I’m always conservative when it comes to sales projections. That’s the accountant in me,’ Bud stated. ‘Someone has to keep us honest,’ Cliff said and they both laughed. Bud and Cliff chatted while they waited for the rest to join the meeting.. The panic welled inside of her. Something had to be wrong for him to call her this late. ‘Are you okay? ‘ ‘Yes.’ ‘Oh my God! Is it your father? Did he have another heart attack?’ Her pulse pounded in her ears when she thought of Paul’s father having another one, she loved him as much as she loved her own father. Paul’s heart broke when he heard the anxiety in her voice over the possibility of losing his father. She had always loved his family like her own, and he knew he was to blame for her. ”Lucy eyed her worriedly.“Don’t worry hon, I had some legal training. If the police stop us, I’ll tell them you had no knowledge.”Hillary wasn’t a lush, but she felt a cushioning was appropriate.“Wanna shot?”“No thanks.”“Good for you, girl. We need more women to be sober.”She then put the case away.“You look like one of my husband’s girlfriends he had years ago. I used to get jealous of him, but actually, it relieves me of a lot of pressure. That man is so oversexed: I’m surprised he hasn’t.