Then with a grin she added, "And besides, it was for your own good. You know damned well how I hate to write small checks. Well Jack and I were talkin.... We know you're just a lawyer, and lawyers can't count. Well, I had visions of getting a panicked phone call from you because you needed ten or twenty bucks. We just decided that if we establish a little nest egg, you could take care of your own petty cash."Kathy just grinned and shook her head saying, "My! That's a different term for $100. The girl didn’t look anything like her short pleasantly plump mother doing her best to hide her top heavy breasts from view. Not that Consuela was shy or anything like that it was more that she wanted desperately to blend into the background knowing that the middle of the herd was the best place to be for one’s mental health. I looked at the nanny with her prematurely grey hair and studied her for a moment as I pretended to watch the game. The sharp girl with the innocent eyes caught me looking. During the meal I sat with my back to the group and got a bit annoyed with Ken when he kept on chipping into the loud conversations going on behind me. I think he used to be into rugby quite a lot in his younger days. We eventually finished our meal but I really hadn’t enjoyed it because of the atmosphere in there which was quite different to what I had expected. When the coffee was served I was horrified when one of the men behind me turned round and, encouraged by the others, asked us. It felt so good! The heat of the air was already attacking the ice, and the towel started to get damp both from the melting ice and her sweat. She set the towel down next to her and reached inside for a cube. It was impossibly cold in her fingertips. She brought her hand up and touched the cube lightly to her cheek and slowly traced backwards toward her ear. She closed her eyes and moved the cube down below her ear, tracing down the cords in her neck. The ice sent shivers up and down her body.