Usually when she was mad at me Lucille added words like "deceitful and degenerate" to her description of me. I kind of pushed back in my big leather c...air and calmly asked, "Lucille what the hell do you and JP mean busting into my office yelling like that?"Lucille told me to excuse her French but she had found out that her sorry asshole husband Fred had been doing a horizontal tango with JP's wife Mary Alice. Unlike Lucille JP was ready to kick Mary Alice out on her butt with nothing more than. Everyone listened to alternative points of view and weighed in on parts they agreed with and parts they didn't. There was no anger, no recriminations. Everyone's opinion carried equal weight.They were still pondering that when Karlie came back the table."I know we agreed to delay business talk until tomorrow," she started."But that's already been bit on the butt," Mary laughed. "By the way, are you in business with us?"Karlie smiled."Not with the entire group," she said. "But I play secretary. .." I started."Oh, pooh!" Patty smiled. She moved back to me and kissed me.As she got to my door, Patty turned and said, "Remember I told you that Kristen is in a weird state?" Uh, huh." Well, it's a bit weirder than you think. She's actually in love with you."Patty smiled at me, having delivered her bombshell, and simply exited."Huh?"But Patty didn't elaborate; she had already left. I was stunned.I realized that I had a piss hard-on that felt like it would burst. I exited my room and did a. ”“I hadn’t considered that, but I’m glad you did,” responded Al.Grant turned to Fran, and asked, “Does your men going with me mean I need Gabe or Isaac, or are they staying with you?”“We’ve been reviewing our objectives with our squad leaders and we’ve decided Isaac will go with you to help coordinate their efforts. In the meantime, Gabe will be helping me recruit men and locate weapons for our initial battle here in Charleston and, later, our push to the west and north.”Brad added, “In your.