“I think so. Derek had the job before me and he rose to CEO. I try not to let it go to my head. Mostly its jockeying resources in creative ways to g...t the most bang for the buck.” Both men knew it was more significant that paper shuffling that Dave suggested.Mark speculated, “And Nancy Mason is your number two and would do a great job in your shoes if you vacated the job.”“I think so. I’m not planning on kicking the bucket anytime soon, though. She is sharp, and I certainly enjoy working with. ‘Mind? A woman showing flesh in my apartment? Who do you think I am, some kind of gay?’ Yeah, a regular charmer, that’s me. She laughed again, andleaned her head on my shoulder. She slid an arm behind me and I put mine behind her shoulders. Hells bells, I’d been hoping for exactly this for years- could it finally be dangling right within my grasp?’ After a minute of companionable silence, she nuzzled my shoulder gently. ‘I’d forgotten how much fun you were to be around, Wyatt. I can just relax,. From Fresno?” Lord Blackmon said with an astonished look on his face.“Yes my Lord.”“I do not remember you ... like this!”“Sir, as you know I was unfit and untrained when I came to live here. Your slave Page has been preparing me ever since you left. I am the product of a very demanding school. She wanted me to be presented to you as a trained slave for your use. It was planned that we would show you how it could be pleasurable to have me, to keep me, as a part of your household. She wanted to. It is akin to being in a state of drunkenness all the time when you are sailing in rough waters. Perhaps that is why I enjoy the rougher seas, for me it is like a free drunk and I love that feeling. You are always feeling a little dizzy and your bearings are hard to gain not to mention the tricky footwork you have walking throughout the ship. Some take seasick pills or wear a patch that helps them from being sick but I just go with the flow. The only problem with not ever getting sick is that.