Eileen, kept throwing me these seductive looks until we had finished our desserts. Then she said, Well, I hope you come over for dinner again, Jerrod...." She got up and started clearing away the dessert dishes. I was surprised because she seemed to be dismissing me which was strange given how flirtatious she'd been. She carried the dishes into the kitchen and started to wash them. I guess I was expected to leave."I paused, wondering if I could get Lisa to believe that I just left. Looking down. ‘Why the long face, handsome?’ ‘Oh, I’ve been reading up on hypnotism and wanted to try it out, but I don’t have a volunteer,’ I imagined saying to a hot woman. ‘You can try it out on me, sugar,’ I imagined her replying. ‘I’m a sex addict and I’ve been trying to stop.’ ‘A sex addict? You are? Well, you know, it’s not good to stop cold turkey,’ I imagined saying to her. ‘We can have sex first, before I give you the hypnotic suggestion to make you stop.’ ‘Okay,’ I imagine her saying. Wow. I think. That meant telling him the truth about Harold. “What, huh?” he said. “What are you saying?” he asked. But he himself had his own secrets he’d been keeping from her. “Well, seeing as we are being honest with one another then let me tell you something.” She listened closely. Nothing ever bothered her in life or not too much. “You remember that one lovely young woman Harold had dated for a number of years?” he asked. “What about her?” Marielle asked. Yes, she recalled her. That girl, that young. So, we tolerate it." Upset the balance of nature, for money," Heather said sourly. "That's what it all comes down to. Mix that with a desire for senseless killing, and you have deer hunting. My God, John, these animal have rights, too. I wish I could do something about it."John could see very quickly that there was no point in reasoning with her on the matter, and it could only lead to an argument. "Have you heard from Los Angeles how much longer you're going to be here?" he said, trying to.