John then again heard his own voice say something that he could not believe that he was saying, "and what happens afterwards?" Well, if you mean sex, ...hen sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't, but I have condoms in my room," replied Richard.John was thinking that he must be having a dream but his silence indicated to Richard that they were now at a critical point of the negotiations and he did not want to risk losing what he had seemed to have gained, "I think we should take our drinks to. He watched me open the laptop and boot it up. "You know Ral, I'm already password protected."I looked up. It must have been obvious what I was going to do. "Then you have nothing to fear, right?"He nodded. "And paranoia will help you; but you need friends, too, Ral. Friends that can do more than provide the energy for your power or fetch a computer for you."I scowled. I didn't know if he meant that as an insult or if it was just me. If he could really answer my questions then I could tolerate. "*****After a last hectic weekend of massive reductions, the sales were over,and with them January. Debbie came up to Alex at the end of the day, andasked him for a favour."What?" he asked."Well, the next big sales opportunity is St. Valentine's Day?.?.?." shetrailed off."And you want me to sell to the men again?" he realised, thinking ahead."Well, yes, please." said Debbie, relieved. "It is only for two weeks, thenyou can go back to being one of the girls full time. In fact, I think we'llneed. The one on the left kept his gun on me and moved around to get behind me, never getting in the line of fire. He took one of my hands, snapped on a handcuff, and then wrenched it around to the small of my back. Then he grabbed my other hand and finished the job. Just like on TV."Take her back to the motel. She's insurance in case the Target is uncooperative."That was from the third man, the guy in the wet suit, who had been nearest the water."No rough stuff ... unless she's uncooperative.".