On one hand, she was grateful that Bert’s sleazy paws weren’t chasing after her again tonight. But on the other, the attention clearly bothered Ka...en and infuriated Paul. Marcy could see this evening ending in tears if Bert wouldn’t take the hint.Unfortunately, the more he drank, the more ‘sociable’ he became. Karen began to use the others as human shields whenever Bert started getting friendly with her. Marcy filled this role more often than not. Considering the circumstances, Marcy didn’t. ..I'm...I'm Chrissie" I finally managed to spit out. "I'm the housekeeper. I work for Charles....I'm supposed to be here." The young man in the bed sat up a bit, scratched his head and said " Hello Chrissie was it?" "Yes it's Chrissie." I replied. "and I didn't expect anyone to be here." "That seemed obvious by your reaction." he said He was now sitting up all the way on the bed with the sheet still covering the lower half of his body. He was shirtless and extremely well built. He He had. “I put up the engaged thing, but I didn’t attach anyone’s name to it. You did that. We should probably talk about it a little. Not in a bad way, but I asked you under less than romantic conditions and you were well within your rights to back that up once I was released.”“How do you feel about it?” she asked, looking at me sideways.“The more I think about it, the more my reaction is to nod in approval,” I said. “When I asked, it was so that you’d have a way to see me in the hospital. It’s more. She took them up to see her apartment first.She delighted in showing them her spacious office, the pool, several bedrooms, of which she only used one herself, and a wonderfully appointed kitchen.As with every apartment in the block, she had a huge picture window spanning the width of the apartment.The glass was beautifully clear and bright, and, supposedly, immensely strong, and extremely light.Looking across the lake, Julie noted that the apartment building had been situated in exact alignment.