Elizabeth, who was some ten years younger than Maria and also divorced, was a high-powered businesswoman who sometimes worked from home but was often ...way at conferences or meetings. In normal circumstances, Maria worked on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but that could change should Elizabeth be working from home on one of those days.About four years ago Maria had worked on a Tuesday at Elizabeth's request but Elizabeth's then seventeen-year-old son James did not know that and Maria caught. Oklahoma... it just doesn't seem to work for me."Winking at William, Lucy took her mother's hand and said, "Let's go look at the animals and talk about it some more. William needs to mingle with some of the people that work for the Carter family."The group separated with William and Eddie walking off towards the snack bar. The two of them would sit there and talk with all the people who stopped by to get something to eat. As they walked, Eddie asked, "What's it like being so famous and all?" I. My dad began quizzing Sky on his future plans, all the while indirectly gauging the role I would play in them and sizing up the young man who could potentially replace him as my leading man. I mean we weren’t even close to that sort of relationship, but to a father, every guy his daughter dates becomes a potential son-in-law. The thought that my dad was oblivious to the gentle hand job his precious baby daughter was giving to this charming, focused young man was driving both of us crazy with. I guess someone had to replace the evening’s entertainment, and this poor woman’s arrival was almost too perfectly timed.“Now this young thing is more to my taste,” one of the women purred, much to the amusement of the group. She was a dark-haired woman who spoke sharply through thin painted lips, her emerald green eyes sparkling as she observed the waitress who stood, topping up the glass before her. She shifted deliberately in her seat, displaying the stockinged legs underneath her gown,.