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grease, as they called it, in other words free shares to brokers or other
promoters to persuade unsuspecting investors to come in. Profitability
depended on the stage of the game at which the investor entered
and whether other investors would come in afterwards and perhaps
relieve him of his position, sometimes at a profit. And there were
cases when the profit had been pretty good. Eteo had sometimes
bought in at pennies, say between 10 and 50 cents per share, and then
watched other investors come in after him and drive the price to a
dollar or more. This hadn’t been unusual in those days.
Eteo also spent part of the week looking into Lionsgate Entertainment
andmovie financing in general, and although he didn’t become
an expert, he learned enough to decide to invest half a dozen clients’
accounts into the stock. It was still at a half-decent level, and Eteo
knew Frankie well enough to feel confident he would make a good
go of the startup. In time this would prove to be right. Eventually the
price of the shares quadrupled and clients who had invested in it
made a killing. The next time Eteo met Frankie, he mentioned to him
that he had invested in Lionsgate. Frankie was delighted, not because
of the few thousand shares Eteo had bought, which made little difference
to him or to the price of the shares, but because it made him
appreciate how much Eteo trusted his judgement.
On Friday Eteo took Susan out for lunch, but this time they went
to Da Carlo’s for pasta and some fine red wine. The wine made Susan’s
cheeks redden again, but her smiles were even more sensual and
promiscuous than before.
“I like your looks today, sweet Susan,” Eteo told her as they enjoyed
their meal.
“I like yours too, hon,” she replied.
Eteo could see she was ready to make love right now right there,
that she wanted to have him deep inside her at once. He smiled and
said, “Tonight, sweet baby, and tomorrow night, and every night as
long as this lasts.”
The comment pleased and at the same time saddened her. Somewhere
down the road this relationship would end and she would be
left vulnerable and hurt. She loved him now. What would she do
when the end arrived? It was a question Susan didn’t want to answer.
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