He asked, "Why did you cut your hair?" My other job, Harmony, on PASsport. She's on a sports scholarship."He laughed. "I have a business proposition f...r you. Champagne, please.Let's find a room."Chastity tried to blink away the tears in her eyes. She carried a smallbottle of champagne in one hand, with two plastic glasses. She led him,hand-in-hand, to her room.Brennan drank from his beer as he followed, a half-step behind her.********"Keep your clothes on. I'm here to talk." Brennan sat on the. ” We go into the bar and grab a high-top table and before I can say anything you say “Get me another martini and you a tonic water sweetie.” I go up to the bar and order and come back. We sit at the table, hard to talk because it’s so loud, but you start playing with the key again and see you seductively rubbing your legs up and down as you cross them over and over. We continue chatting normally but like keeping me distracted. We talk about my week and everything I have to do for work. You. A big grin brokeout on her face."Our parents left me in charge," she echoed in a sarcastically. "We cansettle this now. I'll wrestle you. Loser washes the dishes." You're on!" I replied smiling. "No way was a girl going to beat me" Ithought.She took a step back and smiled at me. It was not a friendly smile. Iwatched as she put her hair into a pony tail and slipped off her shoes.We were the about the same height, but I probably weighed about 10pounds more than she did. And, of course, I was a. " Hope shrugged. "She was the only other one there." Lorraine? Come on..." Shawna managed, after a moment, and the three girls just laughed, leaving Marcus to leave quietly and return to his drawing."Marcus?" he looked up from the kitchen table to see the three women staring at him, and self-consciously eased the sketch-pad closed, looking back and forth amongst them."What?" he finally asked, when it became apparent even to him that they were waiting for something."Are you OK?" Hope asked,.