Pamela Jean Armstrong was leading the good life at Dawson, Davis and Douglas. That was until her golden goose was shown the door and his replacement wanted to negotiate a new arrangement.
Background story for my favorite Iron Heroes (c) character. I am a big "Dune" fan, and so Gurney was conceptually based on the "Gurney Halleck" character, as a warrior/minstrel.
Sheryl feeling unloved by her parents finds romance and a wonderful introduction to the joys of sex with him. He is her sole mate, and is devastated when he is killed in an industrial accident. With his death she turns to quantity rather than quality. She is used and abused until she finds the strength to break away from her downward spiral. She meets a man twice her age who is married to a girl her own age. In him she finds the sole of her departed lover.
Ron goes to visit his sister and her family, only to find that she and her husband were not home. He decides to spend some time with his 14-year-old niece. For anyone looking for story to have meaning other than sex, this is not for you. As with most (all?) of my others, this has no redeeming value.