Two were offers for Rhapsody Suite. One offered $5,000, but said he’d double it if I could deliver the four companion pieces with it. Apparently, he...was taking Bob Bowers at his word. I wondered if anyone else had received offers.There were two requests for proposals for public art—building murals—in Bellevue and Tacoma. And a total of five handwritten letters that included nude photos of women in artistic poses asking if I would consider a commission to paint them. I had no idea how to respond. "I've made this journey too." She whispered, turned and led me downstairs. My mind was racing, pondering all she had said. I knew I was intelligent and now I was also being shown how ignorant I was. "I'll use one to fix the other." I thought.The aroma from the kitchen made my mouth water. We went into the kitchen. Otter had a little baby pig on a huge platter. It was split open with legs splayed wide. Steam rose from it and many vegetables surrounded it. Its skin was crisp and brown. Saliva. " My butterflies were gnawing on my stomach now. "I ...." I didn't know what to say. She reached up with one hand. "Is that my coffee? Thank you." She patted the sofa beside herself "Come. Sit." I sat in the small space she had indicated, tugged at my robe to cover my thighs. "Shall we start this from the beginning?" I could feel my face flushing as she started the video again. It faded in, the soft music started, the names of the models fading away, the name of the site discretely in the. Then it was time to raid my mum's closet for suitable seduction outfits.Fortunately, my mum had been a pretty attractive woman in her day and remained so even now, I guess she's where I got my slight frame and long legs from, so she still had a pretty sexy wardrobe. I decided to keep it fairly simple so went for a dark suede knee length skirt and a white blouse with short puffy sleeves that was so thin it was basically see through. Now for the exciting part, the underwear. My mum had something.