"Tracy had little sexual experience, but it seemed to her that Charles made love the same way he lived his life: meticulously and very properly. Once, Tracy had decided to be daring and unconventional in bed and had so shocked Charles that she began secretly to wonder if she were some kind of sex maniac. The pregnancy had been unexpected, and when it happened Tracy was filled with uncertainty. Charles had not brought up the subject of marriage and she did not want him to feel he had to marry her because of the baby." (Chapter 2, p. 10)

"When Romano took over, he fired everybody and brought in his own people to run things. Then he began to raid the company. He sold all the assets and ordered a lot of equipment, selling it off but not paying for it. Romano told her he had decided not to go...