Come out at 4 o’clock.”Promptly at 4:00, Mike entered the gym and made his way to the main event ring. Jeff had been right, the crowd was huge; th...re wasn’t a seat to be had and people were standing three or four deep wherever they could. By the time he climbed into the ring he could hear the chant being raised by the guys in the crowd. Mike. Mike. Mike.Mike raised a fist in the air acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. For Mike, this was, on a smaller scale, what he had aspired to when he had. For heaven's sake don't incinerate them under the grill, or they'll burn. Remember, low and gentle, don't prick the skins, and they'll be lovely and juicy."We thanked him; Sheila reminded him that they needed to settle her account the next Saturday before she went away for the holidays, and he wished us all a good summer.We bumped into Catriona Baxter outside the butcher's."Alastair has just gone off to collect Hamish's things from Reading; he'll be back this afternoon. Why don't you all come. "You made a bet," his father retorted."But that guy was hitting on me!" Heavy girls need love too," his sister responded with a laugh that wassoon joined by her mother and father."This is sickening." Steve, would you stop whining. This is your own fault," his motherlectured from the front seat.The frown remained on Steve's face as he burrowed his chin into the bustthat was formed by the pressure the padded pushup bra was forcing uponhis male breasts. Steve recoiled from the feeling. It was. What Sam wanted more than anything was to own her own business; be good to the employees, help people with the money it earned, and be admired by the world as a role model. That would never happen as long as she was stuck here. As long as she was stuck here she'd be a slave to evil corporate America forever. The money was good but she was on the precipitous of being stuck in this shit hole forever. Assistant manager is the next step and once you become one it's almost as if you're glued to.