I'm doing the best I can," I said leaning my cheek on the top of her head."I know," she sniffled. "This has just been such a hard year, and now with L...nce gone we could be going for the weekend somewhere. We should be taking little mini vacations; instead we're stuck here. It's almost like being in prison. I thought debtor's prison was abolished," she scoffed.It's too bad she was looking down when she said that. If she'd been paying attention I'm sure she would have seen the anger in my face.. "Hi, I'm Brian. We have Comp together but I'm afraid I don't know your name." That's right. I'm Elise. Glad to meet you, Brian." We shook hands." Elise, no matter what your boyfriend says, I'm not trying to get in your panties. Okay?" Him? He's not my boyfriend. He just asked me to dance and then dragged me over here." Oh. I guess there was a misunderstanding. I'm just taking my girlfriend over to the kids' table where we can have some fun," I said, glaring at Sharon. "I hear they brought. No sign of approval. Even so, with a sigh of relief I turn back to the girl. She eyes me curiously, a faint smile on her lips.“That must have been an important message.”I manage a smile.“You have no idea.”She turns away, her hair falling over her eyes, but I know what I see there. Clearly, she thinks I’m a nut. But I don’t care. I have the phone. I am in communication.Later, after driving home, hard on the accelerator, the phone on the seat beside me, I update the agreement.The process of. He said that he wanted Victoria back and asked me if I would pretend to have an affair with her and then when things became difficult between you and Victoria he would ride in as the knight errant and save her from me and you. I wasn't keen because I didn't want to muck up my chances with Serena but he then started to hint rather heavily at blackmail and that got me worried. He must have known somehow how your accident had affected you, he said, 'Toby, you'd be releasing her from the hell of.