This was different and kind of odd tasting, but I thought I might grow to like it. It was something called ‘Earl Grey’. I ended up drinking two cu...s while we talked.We talked about Birgit, about Becky, about Melanie, and about Jennifer.“How much emotional trauma can one guy take?” Mary asked. “Aren’t you close to breaking?”“I broke down on Saturday, on Sunday, and again yesterday. I asked my dad about seeing a therapist or counselor, and I’m going to do that. There’s something dark and evil. It was exhilarating. Mom was finally satisfied with her third degree and we excused ourselves to go home.Out of earshot, Mom asked, “Do you like him?”I looked at her, “He’s OK, a little self-centered, but OK.”She smiled and said, “You’d know if anyone would.”I didn’t reply to that, it would have been undignified but I did decide Mom was taking a second shot. I did take pride in the way I looked, but wouldn’t anyone who looked so good? We did talk about Tommy a little on the way home, but. . uh, stumbled into a hidden webmail account on Roberts’ laptop at Triple-I. Security Department laptop.”“Okay.”“Personal stuff, most of it pretty innocuous. A lot of notes to himself. Reminders.”“Like what?”“Golf lesson. Make a reservation at the 21 Club. Like that.”“Why wouldn’t he put it in Notes? Or Reminders? Calendar?”“The only thing we can think of is that it was a company computer.”“Maybe. Anyway, what’d you find?”“Jessie found it. An email to a John Bolton in San Francisco. Three. Clyde was slumped in the chair, swigging from a beer bottle and looking at her.“You ready for some more, bitch?” he asked.Barbara sighed and looked around. Victoria!She was out and in the clutches of Nathan. Leon and the Panties King were nowhere to be seen.“Mebbe you wanna lil’break while we nail your friend?”Barbara’s heart beat faster.‘Dear God!’ she thought, ‘They’re gonna gang-bang Victoria and make me watch!’Clyde got up, dropped his pants and got close enough to Barbara’s beautiful face.