”She batted her lashes at me.“I can’t wait until you come home.”I knew her well enough to be able to read between the lines. I wanted to tell ...er I’d be able to satisfy her desire to have me in her again, but I couldn’t think of a way to say that without her knowing I’d been getting boners for women other than her.“I can’t wait, either,” I said.It never occurred to me that Eve might be giving her daughter information about my treatment ... about my reactions to my treatment. Of course, now that. ‘He’s not going back at all.’ ‘Gemma!’ Melissa regarded her with consternation. ‘Why not? Has something happened? Did he lose his job? Or did he just decide—?’ ‘Whoa!’ Gemma began to laugh. ‘Now who’s playing twenty questions?’ Confident her friend wouldn’t be able to resist spilling the beans, Melissa made a show of putting a finger to her lips and waited. Her patience was rewarded almost immediately. ‘We always said he wouldn’t work on the rigs for ever. Just long enough to get some money. ”“And the Board?” Elyse asked.“Not until Dallas Capital is in material breach,” I said. “Now it’s just speculative.”“If you need bridge financing to make this happen, you have it,” Samantha said. “At whatever minimum interest rate Bernie thinks will pass IRS muster.”“Thanks, Samantha. I need the Gulfstream, if it’s available. I can’t wait on commercial flights for Terry.”“I’ll call and get them moving. Love Field, right?”“Yes. I’ll call Terry in a few minutes and let him know. I have one more. It's strange all of a sudden getting men's attention and it is notentirely unflattering. Heidi and I share the same hairdresser and, at hersuggestion, I have had blonde streaks put in my hair and had it cut in ashort pageboy fashion. I don't wear jewellery except for the dainty goldheart necklace that Heidi gave me for my 35th birthday last year.I do fantasise about skirts and heels and getting manicures but thatseems to be a line I don't want to cross in real life now. I prefer thegender.