I hadn't felt that good in a long time. I staredthere for the longest time and then I heard Angie coming up the stairsand put the dress back in the b...x. I carried it out to the car anddrove to the Goodwill. On the way, though, the memory of feeling thatgood overcame me. I couldn't get the though of that dress out of myhead.I finally did something without thinking. I drove to the storage unitwe rented and took all of the boxes marked clothing and put them in theunit. I then took the rest. ”“Put him through,” I said, dreading what I knew had to be the case.The phone buzzed and I picked it up.“What’s he suing me for?” I asked before even saying hello.“Conspiracy to defraud and a whole bunch of other stuff.”“It’s pure bullshit, Jamie.”“I know. How did you know?”“Melissa called while I was at lunch. He’s suing her to take back control of M&M.”“Wonderful. Let me call Billie Lawson and have a chat. We’re going to need to work closely to beat back all these suits.”“They’re. I reluctantly took it from her, went go into the bathroom, lubed up the egg, and gently pushed it inside myself, washed my hands, then returned to the door. We each grabbed a wrap against air conditioning in the restaurant and headed out. We walked the five minutes down to the waterfront, and found the restaurant the agent recommended. We were immediately seated as we had reservations, but I also saw Mistress give the Maître d’ a crisp, high-denomination handshake, so we got a very nice table. She reached for me, but I was already caving in. As I fell to the floor, I heard Colleen, Rebecca, and some other voices but couldn't make out a thing they said.Of the next several hours I remember only bits and pieces. There was a loud blast, some gunfire, screaming, and brief flashes of light, accompanied by an occasional face peering into my eyes. At some point I was airlifted. I have a distinct memory of a black helicopter and some very large men, with very impressive guns standing guard.