Because things had been so busy lately, Julie and Thompson had, to some degree, lost sight of each other. Now though, as they lied together, naked and exhausted, he took the opportunity to ask Julie how things had been going ever since she’d attained ten percent of the shares. As he listened carefully Julie explained about her agreement with Laurence and how she needed to bring in an average of one million dollars monthly as profit over the course of the next year. When Thompson heard this he laughed and said that, with his help, it would be very easy. Julie smiled and told Thompson not to worry. She would keep his offer in the back of her mind but she had a plan already, and she thought that it was flawless. “I do hate that I am always bickering with my father and sister though,” Julie