The stone is huge!”“Congratulations to your mom and Arthur,” he said.“Arthur is taking us to the Shanghai Palace for a celebratory dinner.”�...�That’s the high-end Chinese place that serves authentic dishes -- not some chop suey joint.”“Correct. I’ve never been there. Have you?”“No, I haven’t.”“Mom wants to meet you and she’s extending an invitation for you to join us.”“Sure, I’d love to. What’s the dress code?”“I’d say ... business casual would be fine.”“Okay ... I think I can manage that. What. After all, she was only sixteen and it wasn't like she had some hot action going on with some guy at school that required her presence on such an important day. In fact, she was still technically a virgin although she would never admit that to anyone especially a close friend.Recently Alice had taken to some heated bouts of masturbation in the privacy of her bedroom after her parents had gone to sleep. She liked to use the jock straps she filched from the boy's locker room to help her get her. Maybe my friend would sell it for a lot less than a thousand dollars. I could ask him.” Orrin looked at the guitar, then back at the man. “Thank you, but I doubt I could afford anything. We just moved to town and we don’t have much money.” He strummed the guitar again, closed his eyes and felt that strange sensation again. “What’s your name?” the man asked. “Orrin,” he answered and plucked the string again. “I’m Hermes,” the man said. “Hermes, like the Greek god?” Orrin asked, surprised. “I. Grogan wanted to see you as soon as you got in!!!" "Okay, thanks," Ellyn replied over her shoulder as she made her way to Dick Grogan's large corner office over looking Lake Michigan, "nice going, girl," Mike Walters yelled out as she passed by his open door!!! An eleven million dollar verdict, the third largest in the history of the firm, she had a right to feel proud, but it had been a long six months from depositions to the final verdict in the district court, and all she wanted to do now.