Jim sat there, his mouth blatantlyagape watching the boy/girl float away, the hem of his short sundressbouncing elegantly off his bare thighs. 'Wow, ...icky sure makes a goodlooking broad,' thought Jim. He then called the waiter over andordered a fresh scotch and a wine for Ricki. Jim was sipping hissingle malt when Ricki paraded back to the table, his breasts bouncingsoftly with every stride, totally mesmerizing Jim. Ricki floated backinto his chair, sweeping the hem of his dress beneath. Within a couple of hours, he had maneuvering Eric and Rhonda into bankruptcy without so much as a pang of conscience. Andrea remarked that if he chose not to pursue a career in music — perish the thought! — he’d surely have a great future in the financial industry as a corporate raider.When bedtime rolled around, Rhonda momentarily slipped back into her bluntly aggressive nature. She took Anton’s hand and pointedly asked Andrea and Eric, “Can Anton and I just get right to it, or would you. Once he managed to get the door closed and locked, he smiled at Don and gave him the finger as he drove away. It was a show of ‘bravery’ in front of his teenage girlfriend. ************* Don answered his phone. Shelby sounded frantic as she told him Lea was in the hospital. He pulled a large t-shirt over his head as he reached his car door. Shelby had been watching and grabbed Don when he burst through the doors of the ER,. "I took the liberty of consulting Mr Dunhill of Piccadilly. His firm imports my cheroots, and he is an acknowledged expert on all things pertaining to tobacco." Krish read from the paper. "The snuff box was made in 1788, by Garrard's of London, considered to be the finest silversmith in the country." Then it belonged to an Englishman?" Probably not. I contacted the firm, and their records show that this box was one of a batch dispatched to Italy in 1789, ordered by a merchant of Venice..