Somehow, I would. I quickly reached around her shoulders and grabbed her wrists. Startled and scared, she cried out in surprise and tried instinctive...y to break free from my hands. Adrenaline would have given her a fair chance, had I not anticipated it, and tightened the grip. I hoped I wasn’t hurting her, but that would be over in a second or two anyway. Lifting her arms above her head, I quickly pulled her around. She spun easily in the rotating office chair, and as soon as she turned around. I’d never spied or snooped before, but after that day, the appeal would start to make sense. The older brother and youngest sister of the Cardello family talked liked Mark and I weren’t even there. I was honored and humbled in an odd way that they’d trust me in this manner. This was what intimacy was. I was charging up for something exciting and mysterious and unpredictable. “Dad?” Devon said switching gears from beggar to bully. “Dad finds out about you and Steve McMasters the other night and. "I mentioned Kathy Cartwright, who is also in my division. Half of the money is hers. The other half is coming from April's mother." The bankers smiled as they watched Ted and Kevin's jaws drop.Kevin recovered first. He looked at April speculatively with his eyes dancing and said, "April, maybe I was a little hasty. The more I think about it, the more I realize you're really not that short. I realize now I wasn't being fair. A guy should make allowances for the less fortunate. And hell, a guy. I could stare and daydream all I wanted to for a time anyway. I was looking forward to that. She did have a reputation as being tough at times, so I was a bit apprehensive. I felt I was a good worker, so I should come out uns**thed. Or so I had hoped. When she called my name I walked into her office and seated myself in one of the plush chairs directly in front of her oversized desk. Her desk was really quite large and seemed to put a significant distance between the two of us. I took it as her.