"Thanks Nevel." With that the blonde girl vanished, taking the flowers with her. Carly burst out laughing at the expression on Nevel's face."But those...were for you!" Nevel exclaimed."And Sam knew it" reassured Carly, still chuckling. "She's just messing with you. It's what she does with all our friends."Nevel was still getting used to the idea of having friends and the antics they performed. He just shook his head in amazement, making Carly laugh all the more.Freddie entered the room, pushing. Fear seems to get more results then trying to be polite with her. I did not want to hurt her or anything. I actually wanted to be nice but with the situation I put myself and her in I might as well take it the whole nine yards. She finally got sat up and kept her eyes to the ground.“That's a good girl. Now what was so important that you had to curse me under your breath.” I asked,“Noth...nothing...” She stammered,I took a deep breath and about to discipline her again for not using sir but as I. ”Ellen passed Gregory and hugged Jeanette and said, “It’s been a long time Jeanette, you look great as always.”Jeanette’s controlled laugh brought Natalia out of her little stupor and said to Gregory, “I’m happy to tell you that I no longer have two employers.”“Hmm that is fast,” Gregory remarked dryly, “I gather it had to do with your little altercation last Friday?”She nodded as she said, “Yes, it made it all a lot easier.”“I guess showing up like this at work did speed up the process,”. I don’t know.”“Maybe we can meet somewhere for dinner? Nothing fancy, just hanging out, you know?”“Yeah, maybe. Are you sure? I mean you, uh,” he glanced at my left hand, my wedding ring. I wondered if he thought I wanted to cheat on my husband with him or if he was unsure about going to dinner with a married woman.“Yes. I’m sure. I know a nice little place where we can meet.”I gave him my phone number, he looked like he didn’t know what to do with it. “Call me later today, alright?”“Yeah, yeah.