A couple of girls to my left tittered at that.Sasha grinned and took my arm with both of her hands. "Let's go."Although I was pretty hungry, this wasn...t a conversation I wanted to have anywhere near other people. So instead of taking Sasha to a restaurant or anything, we swung by the deli and picked up food to go before strolling back to my house. We chatted along the way about nothing consequential, mostly me asking how her holidays went and her explaining about staying in on Thanksgiving Day. Les had a pair of jeans that looked like they'd been painted on her.We got to the game early. Les had told me to bring a blanket for when it got cold. We found some seats about five rows up and settled in, then Les said she wanted to walk around. It didn't take much convincing for me to leave my blanket on the seat and follow her.We went down to the rail that separated the seats from the field. The team was running onto the field to do their warm up exercises.One of the players looked over at. “This presentation is going to be stressful,” Candy explained. “He’s putting his escorts in the emotional state that Tom wants to remain in. They’ll help him stay calm and focused.”“I was just teasing,” Bettie claimed. “After this I’ll need a spanking.”Sir Issac came up on stage and announced that the program was beginning. The walls flashed with color and light—an abstract fireworks display, or a kaleidoscope. The walls dimmed to featureless gray as the stage was spotlit.“Lieutenant Lawrence. Walter said he’d take the other single room until he got his bed made.The boys happily went and got my new staff.Linette didn’t muck about having her daughter.Not long after the new staff moved in, we were celebrating her child in the kitchen. I’d found the extensive wine cellar in my caverns and had shifted some of it to my new one in the house. Grayson had emptied it.We happily toasted Linette’s daughter whom we were informed was to be called Grace. Mathew had no qualms joining us in the.