"Or maybe he doesn't know the whole of it, but he knows whatit's about, don't you Rich?" Again, I mumbled something about not having aclue, but I was ...y now blushing and my protests were unconvincing as Ibegan to worry he was about to reveal my confession. "Stay here," he saidto the whole room, "I've got something to get for Rich. It's sort of anearly wedding present, but you can only keep it for tonight, I'm afraid." You have got him a stripper, excellent," said Pete, a guy I had been toschool. My only reason for going after the company was to bring them down on Amber and Lattis and in that I was successful. Lattis was fired, but Amber was able to hold onto her job. I found out later that she claimed that Lattis told her if she didn’t put out for him he would fire her. I knew that was bullshit because I’d already listened to her ‘soulmates’ speech.Even though Lattis was out of a job and had no paycheck coming in he did have considerable assets. He owned his house free and clear and he. Sobs tore at my chest, choking me, distorting my body with pain. Tears blinded me and I pounded the cushions on the sofa. I screamed out at the ceiling and tore at my hair. Ten years of loneliness and self-denied torment boiled to the surface. I thought the intensity of it would kill me.I had no idea how long it went on—minutes, hours, days. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered anymore. It was as if I had been transported back to that day when time had seemed to stop for me. So inconsolable was. As Judy promised I did find a very, pretty, feminine dress for thewedding. As soon as we saw it, we all knew it was perfect. We had ourinitial fittings that same day and the dresses would be delivered inless than two weeks.During those ensuing weeks I had a lot of time to think and a lot ofdecisions to be made. With Judy's marriage she would be moving out toa new home with Tom leaving me on my own. Harold and Anne wanted tome to stay on with them and continue working there, but I wasn'tquite.