What we shared was intense, dramatic, and satisfying on an elemental level. I'd love to find a way to reconnect, but that doesn't seem likely, reasona...le, or gentlemanly. I have three women who love me in their best way, and I love them all intensely, passionately, and completely without reservation. There was no reason to endanger that by chasing rainbows."Hey," I heard, interrupting my reverie. "You're Carl Fleming, right?"She was an honest to god Pixie. I was looking at a girl-woman, who. The soft song of a Golden Cheeked Warbler brought her back to reality as she wandered in the leafy shade of East Hermosa Avenue as she made her way to the house where she rented a room. Back at the house she had a bite to eat and then showered in preparation for the evening; Jim had asked her to ‘look real pretty’ for him, as they were to go downtown tonight. She put on an outfit she thought made her look sexy without being too tarty; she put her stockings and garter belt on first, then. Sterner said, "you know yoursister best. How do you think she would want to hear news like this?"That was a good point. Mary was and is a pretty resilient person, but shedoes wear her heart on her sleeve. We used to tease each other as kidsthat we would never make good poker players because people could see ouremotions so clearly by our facial expressions. We would let Mary knowthat the news was not good, and we would give her as much of the detailsas she wanted to hear.It's not surprising that. Tom really screwed up their worldview, though. Instead of AF-1, he returned everyone to a mall in downtown Washington D.C.I guess it was a pointed way of saying, "We can do anything to you. We can put you anywhere we want to."Tom had again dispensed with his disguise. He said he was tired of pussy footing around with everyone. From now on, attacks or attempts at abduction by the government, were going to be met with disappearing agents and equipment.While we had the president's attention, Tom.