I notice the screen brighten as a text message came in. She pretended not to notice. I realised it must be him, her lover and boss. The one who gave h...r perfume and had her cab it into town so he could pick her from the coffee shop and take her to the Park Lane Hilton, where he had hired a room.Once inside the room, he would take an armchair, put on the music, and tell Caz to dance for him. To strip for him. He wanted to fuck her violently but this would involve tearing her clothes and bruising. She'd done those ads for the Defenders of Gaea that he'd seen on TV. Why the hell would Jenny do such a thing?Jenny's phone number in Malibu was on her mother's Rolodex. Mike went to the office and dialed her, but was met with nothing but ringing. On about the tenth ring, he remembered Jenny saying she was doing that Christmas special from Disney World, and of course, she'd be there. There was no way to reach her that he knew of.With the phone hung up again, Mike stared at the letter some more.. ”“Goodbye.” June didn’t wait for a reply before hanging up.“What in hell was that all about? “ Autumn asked.“Gayle wants me to be her mistress. She says she’ll do anything I want her to do. She’ll even do what Roger wants if I want her to. I can’t believe it.”“What did I tell you? I knew she was into you. So what are you going to do?”“I don’t know. It sounded like her heart would be broken if I said no. I mean, I like her, but I don’t know if I could order her around. On the other hand, I hate. “Who was it? Anyone we know?”“No,” Jake replied. “Some pregnant girl from Canada and her boyfriend. The girl claimed she met Beth once, evidently. And Beth initiated her.”“Beth was a long time ago, Jake,” Frank said. “You mean she’s a long-lifer? Like us?”“Yep! Both her and her boyfriend,” Jake replied. “What’s her boyfriend like?” Tanya asked, grinning mischievously. “He must be pretty virile if he got the girl pregnant.”“Oh, one of those ‘South’un Gentile-men, with all the fake manners that.