A Good Little Girl Like You (A Sample)

he could do if O.E. let him play doctor. "I'm fine." He waved

Warren back to his seat. "Taking time off. Living here." He

frowned at Warren and pointed to the man's briefcase.

"Let's do this."

Warren laid out a stream of papers, and O.E. grunted

his opinion on each transaction. They had to actually talk in

detail about one of them, a Japanese currency deal. But in

the end, O.E. deferred to his advisor's opinion. His jaw

ached from talking so much.

When the business was done, O.E. gathered all of the

papers from the coffee table and handed them back to

Warren. He needed a break from his usual life, and so did

his hapless advisor. Warren worked night and day.

Something had to be done.

Two can play this game, Kay Samson. Inspired by the

bet, O.E. decided to apply a similar tactic to Warren. The

man really needed to settle down and have a life.

He gave Warren as big a smile as he could manage. "Tell

you what. Give you bonus. Quarter million dollars. But. . ."

Warren's eyes bugged out and he cut off O.E.'s

announcement. "Gee, thanks, O.E. That's a great bonus!"

"But!" O.E. held up his hand. "Two things."

Warren folded his arms. "Okay. What?"

One finger went up. "No calls for a month. Vacation

time now."

Warren smiled. "Okay, that's easy."

This part won't be. O.E. knew how hard his second

request would be for the quiet, sensitive man. He held up

two fingers. "Find a woman."

"You want me to find a woman for you?"

O.E. wanted to laugh, but all that came out was a snort.

"No!" Whatever made Warren think that O.E. needed help

finding a woman? "Not me. For you!"

"I have to find a woman for myself? To date? To marry?"

Yeah, you have to marry her and have five kids. Why did

Warren always turn anything to do with women into a task

of epic proportions? Was he afraid of women? He had been

dating someone very pleasant for a while, so it couldn't be

that. But in the past few months, since they broke up,

Warren had become a much more quiet man. O.E. wanted

his old financial advisor back, and if he had to force the guy

to go out and find a new woman, then he'd do it.

"Jeez. Not rocket science. Relax! Just find someone."

"Why do you care about my personal life? I don't see

you looking for a woman, now that you broke up with

Tanya."

Ugh, Tanya. Ever since Tanya left him, many months