And thenthe old dear made my day. He awarded me $55 million indamages, some of them were punitive and some were ? oh look, I don?t know, andI don?t re...lly care. What I did care about was the 55 mill! The big company was advised? obviously by lawyers who weren?t, as usual, keeping an eye open for the easydollar ? that it would be pointless to appeal. Apparently the darling judge hadcome down with a cast-iron decision that would have been almost impossible tooverturn on appeal, so they paid up.. But Julie just didn't feel the same way about Cassie.She'd love to have those feelings from last night again, it was true.Last night was the first time in her life that she had ever felt sexy, and it had been wonderful.But she would never be able to return Cassie's mawkish adoration.She felt dirty, she felt like a fraud.Not because of the sex, that was a good feeling, a great feeling.No, Julie had finally seen the glaring dishonesty at the centre of her life.Living with Cassie was fun, they had. I feel the air cool slightly and with one last burst of fire, the sun is gone.Silence. My senses intensify, listening for the slightest sound, feeling for the slightest movement in the air. I don’t have to wait long. The hair on the back of my neck suddenly stands on end and my skin tingles from an invisible touch. She’s here; she’s awake. I stare straight ahead, my eyes on the throng of people making their way across the beach and into the town, but I’m not really seeing. My heart is beating. ”I raised my head to see what she had in her hand. It was hair, on someone’s head. And I realized, with a pang of disgust, that it was my ex-girlfriend Mindy! She seemed to be unconscious; her body hung limply by the fistful of hair Annabelle had. She picked her up and threw her onto the bed next to me.I sat up and looked at her with loathing. Then I felt an evil smile come to my face. I grabbed her by the arm and lifted her wrist to my face. “I’ll teach you to cheat on me, you selfish.