??Not at all. I?d love to.?It?s on sale in all good bookshops before the editor has had a chance toopen the manuscript, let alone proofread it.And the...man whose proposition I?ve just accepted likes what he reads on theback cover.?So if you?re free tomorrow???We could have a drive over.?Oh look, there?s volume two ? rushed off the presses as hastily as itspredecessor.?In that case I?ll meet you here at?is eleven thirty too early???It?s fine.?Ruth Pattison one, Sylvia Russell nil.I grab my bag. Carol paused to think about exactly what she should do next. She hadn't thought this thing through very well, she realized. Maybe she'd thought that Tom would be as wide awake as she was, waiting eagerly for her to come to him, and that they would just fall into each other's arms, without either of them having to say a word, and have wonderfully satisfying sex until dawn. That apparently just wasn't going to happen.She walked to the side of Tom's bed, the side that seemed to have more room left. The ‘things’ were the new lingerie that we had bought over the weekend. I picked up the flimsy looking cream coloured lace bra and panties and thought that I hadn’t got much material for my money but any such thoughts were soon set aside once she stood up, turned and faced me revealing her naked loveliness. I proffered and she stepped into the thong-like panties pulling them up so high that I was treated to the creation of a delightful camel-toe as the silken gusset moulded itself against her. Before she could even say anything, Paul was wildly waving her away. Arlette retreated in confusion.Darlene caught what happened. Her extensive sex-worker database quickly identified the probable cause. She let Paul calm down before she circumspectly approached him again."Hi," she said, with her engaging smile."Hi," he responded cautiously."I fear you may have misunderstood Arlette's intentions. There is never a charge for hospitality in this House. And any other fees are discussed and agreed.