It is stupid not to change it. It wouldn’t cost much but would do a lot for staff morale.’ ‘And I’d still be working for you.’ ‘But you ar...n’t.’ With those words I made the decision I had been delaying for months. ‘And since you aren’t, Chloe, can I invite you out, for a meal, perhaps?’ Chloe’s answer was another long kiss. I shut the store and we walked out into the hot evening air, hand in hand. My other hand held the carrier bag with her discarded uniform. Her rented flat was only a hundred. Jake stared at the plans well, that was about as close as he could explain it. Ah! The one thing he forgot about only 2 beings could turn it on or off. Plus anyone Jake didn't consider a threat wouldn't be harmed either. Rather proud of himself Jake carefully wrote exactly what the building did, everything he'd just come up with. Sighing now all he had to do was sell the council on it, there were also fail safes he needed to add. Laying back down he'd finally gotten to sleep when he felt a. For both Kris and me it was like truly coming home. There was none of the “what have you been doing lately” nonsense. For one reason, I knew that Mom and Kris talked on the phone every day, and I would have lunch frequently with Dad. They knew what we had been doing lately at least as well as we did ourselves. It was Friday night, and after cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, Mom served a beautiful dinner. It was French haute cuisine, and was superb. She hastened to inform us that the dinner was due. " She gave me a sly grin. "I see what Helen meant when she said to me once that you have a tendency to cut through the fluff. So I'm not going to color anything."Getting back to your question of money, well yes, it was about living the fairy tale existence. I thought by taking emotions out of the equation, finding an appropriate prospect would provide me with a lifestyle that we both used to dream about. I told her back then, that as soon as we have a chance and find someone, we were to go for.