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You’ve co way, baby

Boy, had she ever

“I realize I haven’t been here long,” Doug said smoothly, “but if you look at those numbers a little closer, you’ll see I’ve done my homework” He paused to take a drink of water, which was cue for everyone at the table to open their notebooks again and begin perusing

Mi, he didn’t seem intimidated by Bruce, which scored him some major brownie points in her book

“As I said before, I haven’t been in Whispering Bay long, but I come from a situation very sio, I was hired as the city er for Old Explorers’ Bay, a town alraphics A population of about ten thousand with a heavy residential tax base No real industry to speak of, except sos around within two years And leave them with a substantial bank account” He eyed eachhere”

Pilar leaned over to whisper in Miuy’s confidence”

“We’ll see,” she whispered back She liked Doug’s confidence, too But actions spoke louder than words And results spoke the loudest of all

The othersat down and caught her gaze again, holding it even longer this time What? She’d had a spinach salad for lunch Oh, God Did she have spinach between her teeth? That must be it

“Maybe this is a good tiested

Pilar immediately stood “Good idea Let’s take a break”

The rest of the table reluctantly reement

Mimi hit the bathroom with Pilar on her heels She checked herself out in the bathroo else out of the ordinary, either

“Do you think my skirt is too short?” she asked Pilar “Or s? I should have worn panty-hose, right? I’m thirty-five years old I need to wear pant

y-hose”

Pilar sth dark hair, touched up her lipstick, then turned to give Mireat What makes you think you need to wear panty hose?”