Deanne smiled, "I don't care. That's between you two now. But if I were you lovebirds, I'd treat it like joint property and wouldn't worry." She looke... pointedly at Mike who blushed since he was about to turn their assets into joint property. Caryn missed it entirely.Mike realized that Deanne was playing with him about the ring in front of Caryn and glared at her. "Fine."Deanne stifled a laugh and handed the rest of the papers to Caryn. "Here's all of the other papers from bank accounts, etc.. ’ He took another sip. ‘It never made sense that he survived. Force of will, I guess.’ He smiled, and so did Amy. ‘Seven men survived that ambush. For a while. We lost two more in the hospital.’ He smiled at the young girl. ‘Geoff was in the hospital for four and a half months. He could have taken a discharge when he got out, but he wouldn’t hear of it. ‘He went back.’ The colonel looked at her. ‘Geoff isn’t proud of those two days, Amy. He thinks he failed. In the end, he only brought back. . the business was going well, like everything that starts and I met Vanessa, a 19 year old girl who called herself a perigone, she was very beautiful, she went out with several guys, he would take her to her house and have sex with them, then he would tell his colleagues… I thought it was all very funny, and we both exchanged several ideas about his sexual adventures. One day I had a problem, I got pregnant and my belly grew, I couldn't take any more work, and I closed the store on the advice. 'It's nice, just… ' I know as the words struggle to form that you are thinking of what I have asked you to do. After the alleyway I want to push you further but I feel it's my turn next. So you sit opposite me, in an outfit I've chosen, ready to play my game. I take a sip of wine and give you the signal, slowly you slip off your shoe and as it falls to the tiles with a sweet clink and I feel the excitement grow. Just the thought of your stockinged foot is driving me wild, I put down my fork.