She starts at my feet and slowly raises her gaze over my nakedness, up to the top of my head. "Hmm...", she says to herself, which causes me to blush ...nder her scrutiny. She then walks slowly around and behind me. I know better than to turn my head and follow her. I can feel her breath on the back of my shoulders as she sighs, and then immidiately I feel a stinging slap on my buttock. "Getting a little flabby here aren't we", she states rhetorically. "I see we're going to have to do something. They met this new demand and we settled.”He could see that Marcia was relaxed as she was sitting on the couch with her suit jacket off and her skirt up to her mid-thighs. Her shoes were off and she was resting her feet on the cocktail table. She was sipping on a drink.“Have you come down yet the high you get when you settle a case especially when you are on trial?”Marcia turning toward Ted said, “It has been a good day today but it could get even better if you would say those two magic words to. Ronnie was also officially dubbed at birth Veronica which sounds a lot classier than plain old Ronnie, but was too close for comfort to a popular cartoon character with dubious moral standards and sexy clothing. We both belonged to the P.A.L. because it was the only club in our less than snazzy neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. Our Uncle was a bigwig Police Department mucky-muck but he generally stayed away from us because he had a reputation to uphold. Our mom was a widow, at least she told. I knew that Dan’s savior had to be on that ship, if he were still living.’ ‘The ship was named after you Molly?’ asked Carmella. ‘You never mentioned that. It is really quite an honor!’ ‘I didn’t even know it until the last letter came, which was after Emerson was home. My brother said Emerson suggested it, and he thought it was a great idea.’ Ellen smiled at theinformation and then continued. ‘That was the only time I had ever seen that handsome stranger, until the other day. I heard the name.