"How are you holding up? he questioned the stunning dark-haired female."I'm fantastic and relieved. You were so hard and turned on I thought for sure ...hat you were going to throw me on the bed and take me against my will which is my greatest fear. Candice admitted."I would never do anything like that," Nick assured her." I know. I sensed that you were a gentleman the moment we met. So why the worried look on your face?" she questioned." Normally after banging one of the guests I get dressed and. Sinful. But since I became addicted in the last two years, I had no control. Like that Spike Lee movie, “She Got To Have It” That was me.” “It started when my daddy died. Funny, he always wanted to have me, but never got the chance. He was the one who named me Ruby for my red hair. I always like the the color red, but for some reason, when daddy had his heart attack, I started to crave red. I bought red drapes for my bedroom. And these were not just the red curtains for my windows,. "I could kick his ass for that...Present – Jens – At the cabinI remain in the shadows and listen to the whole thing. I wasn't upset when Thom suggested they go after Megan because I was going to reassign them anyway. But the overriding concern is because I'm not sure that Thom could follow orders about not confronting Ben. Thom is a loose cannon and there are better things for loose cannons to do than covert surveillance. However I do need to make one big change to their plans. I step out of. The damn girl is a freakin’ genius. She was down at Bozeman...college at 16. The oldest boy stayed in Wyoming.”“How about the one at home? Pot smoker? Drinker?”“Skate board and snowboard.”“Well...that’s disreputable enough. Ought to be a law.” He was a skier.“So...we’re in agreement? She needs a husband? Right?”“Well, sure, all that money? She needs someone to guide and direct her.”I wasn’t home...about the time that conversation, Charles, the 544 and I were on our way to Portland to see IV.