You know as well as I do that I can take care of myself and my own without your help.He paused for a moment before continuing, “Now, unless you have...something actually valuable to offer, I suggest you prepare for your departure. I have already alerted your guild. Someone will be arriving pretty soon to escort you back.”After saying his piece, Osiris started walking towards the exit of the room when Jordan stopped him.“Wait! I have one more thing to offer. The first crack at the Minotaur. The project we'd like to discuss would require at least ten hours of your time and would involve certain stipulations. Without an in-person conversation, it's impossible to discuss compensation so please call us ASAP."Barb wanted to call them immediately after asking if their reply sounded legitimate, and after I said that it did, she dialed their phone number. When someone answered, she identified herself as "Pixie" but then told them her real name was Barb. She was silent for about two. He had us in church every Sunday morning and we spent the rest of the day studying the Bible. After his funeral, mother started letting her hair down. The day after we buried dad, she asked me to stop calling her mother and to start calling her Mandy or just "Honey." A few days after that, she swapped her mid-calf length dresses for miniskirts and thin, cotton blouses. Not long after that, she stopped wearing bras. I remember thinking the first morning she came down to breakfast without a bra. She saw an Italian Marine enter the far end of the barracks and come her way but the Captain met him just outside of her hearing and talked to him for several minutes. He then ordered the soldiers out and left himself. The Italian marine moved up to about 3 feet from Diana and knelt before her, reached out and grasped her chin, and lifted her head so she could look him in the eyes."You have information the IL Duce desires. You have a body that he also desires. Tonight you are my prisoner and.