 Pause for a moment and then look down at me. Help me, Sally, he said. I had a knot in my stomach since the beginning, but this did me in. Thankfully, Doug dashed up to the stage, thanked Ben and John for a wonderful interview, ushered them off the platform. I kissed Ben, left him in John's care. As I hurried to the ladies' room, I barely made it before I burst into tears and couldn't stop sobbing. How could I have let Ben be humiliated?