When nobody seemed all that enthused about getting in the hot-tub, I said towards Sammy, “I told Jason we’d be ready to leave about four, but do y...u think he’d be out front, now?”“I would think he’d be back in the parking lot. Why?”“I bet you want to grab your guitar, right?” Lynette said as she squeezed my right arm.“You guitar play?” Ms. Kharlamov asked.“He sure does, Momma,” Toxic said with the first spark of fire in eyes I’d seen since the gymnastics’ meet concluded this afternoon. “Mike,. For that, I will always be grateful to him. But I made it, I’m home. Now, I don’t need him anymore. In the bathroom, just off our beautiful bedroom, so unchanged from the day I left it, there is peroxide and hair dye among my dusty possessions. Silently, impassively, I bleach my hair from root to tip, shocking my jet black tresses until I barely recognise the ashen blonde staring back at me from the mirror. When I am satisfied, I carelessly work the neat red dye in, watching bloody runnels fall. See you in fifteen if you’re up for it.” Releasing the open button he and Jill went on their way.Getting out on the tenth floor I hurried to my apartment, totally stunned. I sucked down a glass of water quicker than a dehydrated man in the desert. I paced around my apartment before looking at my watch… there were eight minutes to go. After a further four minutes, I grabbed my keys and headed for the front door. Two minutes later I was standing at their front door, fixedly staring at the. "Oh, that sounds much better!" Besides, you'll get to see how that other side lives. I know you'relooking for a girlfriend; well, this experience will give you insightinto what women go through to look good for their man." Is it that obvious?" he asked.Elena nodded. "You were a little obnoxious about it when you firstcame into the office, but we've humanized you with our after workget-togethers." Obnoxious?" asked Justin with a grin."Okay, that's maybe too harsh, but you were annoying. But then.