I considered briefly of grabbing some cute thongs and buying them just so my trip wasn't wasted. When I had about two or three I went up to the count...r and set them down. "That's all for you today?" Hottie behind the counter asked. "Well I guess so," I said getting my wallet out. "Was there something you couldn't find?" Hottie said with a teasing, and almost knowing, tone to the question. Feeling a bit irritated at myself for not finding what I wanted and having this gorgeous man thinking. ‘She has two boys of her own and a daughter, they’re all about the same age as you girls,’ Jack added. Melanie looked at Karen and read the disapproval in her eyes. ‘How did you meet my dad?’ Melanie asked, settling into the rocking chair and rested her hands on her abdomen. Jason handed both Karen and Jack a glass of water. ‘I met your father in a survivor’s support group,’ Karen answered. ‘Karen’s husband passed away about five years ago,’ Jack added. Melanie nodded and took a sip of her. ”“Well, when you swim hard, you know how to party hard,” I said, wiping my mouth with my coat sleeve. I was feeling better. I handed her the bottle, and sat back against the seat, fond memories of post-weekend-practice swim parties where we’d played beer pong, foosball, cards, and Halo and drank away the pain in our bodies that had built up over the week. My parents didn’t know about that either.“Your brother said you swam, but I didn’t think you were the kind of guy who drank,” she said after. How much have you got for us?”“Ten million and thirty dollars,” Karen answered.“That’s a lot,” Mel said. “I hope that the ten millon isn’t from a food company.”“It is from a high tech company in Boston,” Karen said.“I take it you’ve heard about the scandal,” Mel said. She glanced at the check and then ran it through the machine.Karen said, “That’s something, isn’t it?”“I was talking to one of the farmers in the area who has a very large farm. He said that he might make an extra half a million.