" "We have?" Of course! Don't you remember... you stepped on my toe at the ticket counter, Miss Tamarack West Virginia." Oh, that was you. I'm sorry. ... just didn't notice who it was." Carolyn laughed an apology. "I really am sorry, you know." If you're really sorry, then you must let me take you to dinner to prove it." I'm afraid I don't look much like going out to dinner anywhere," she apologized. "You see, I left... where I was... in rather a hurry and I didn't take time to pack a bag or. He wants youto call him back immediately!"Mel stopped in shock. "Harry Feinbaum? Old Man Feinbaum? Not Dick?"Andrea nodded. "Harry!" Damn! As if my day hasn't started off bad enough already. Okay, thanksAndrea. I'll call him right away." As Mel trudged back to her office,her mind continually tried to figure out who in her client list wouldhave attracted the attention of Harry Feinbaum! She dumped her purse andlaptop bag on her desk, looked up the number of what was arguably thebiggest. And yet, her eyes began to shine with the light of the stars. And she smiled. At me. For me. She loved me, and her open arms allowed me to love her back.Her touch, feather light, hovering, unsure, but there, made passion bloom, like cactus after a rain, explodes into life. And I was consumed as if by the stars in her eyes, As if they came close and burned me to nothingness.I thought of her tonight and ... remembered, the passion that changed my life forever. And if there never were another. That’s actually a pretty big screw up on their part.”“Why would they do it?”“I’m guessing because BLS filed a motion to consolidate the cases. Remember, we had talked about doing that, but after I talked with Nelson, Reed, and Pulver, we decided against it because it would make things more difficult for Nelson. Well, the motion hasn’t been argued yet. I’m guessing that the insurance company lawyers saw the motion and assumed, wrongly, that we weren’t going to oppose it because we hadn’t filed a.