Please, Stacy, will you drop this detective nonsense once and for all? You're all I have left." "No way! I'm going to use my brain for someth...ng great, even if you don't want me to succeed in life." I turned around and ran upstairs, intent on continuing my life as the world's most famous detective. In hindsight, I wish I had taken his advice, unaware of the dangers that I was quickly attracting. ------------------------------------ The following morning, a phone. " Okay, if you'll give me one of these rooms, I'll pay one third of the rent and expenses and give you fringe benefits." What... kind of fringe benefits?" You like sex, right?" Yep." Do you like... ass?" What?" You know... doing it in back door." I don't know." Why not?" Never tried it."She raised her eyebrows. "You've never had a piece of ass?" Nope." Ohmigawd! You don't know what you're missing." Really?" Yes, really. For me, it is the greatest thing... since sliced bread. Gawd, I love it.". ..please.” I always worry that I come across as too effeminate. I’m not someone who acts effeminate, but my slender figure isn’t exactly the height of masculinity. My soft, pale skin and shoulder length brown hair also may not help the situation. This is why I chose to ask for the Beer, instead the flavoured Cider I would usually drink. Shaun let out a little chuckle as he turned towards the bar. My cheeks flushed with a reddish hue. “What!? What’s funny?”. “You are, you’re cute.” "Cute? What. "Why would the goddess put me through all that she has, why would she have us build all that we have here at Ardbrecknish just so that we could survive for a few extra months?" And what about the goddess' final gift?" asked Vivien. "What did she give you?" You heard her as well as I did," said Donnie. "She didn't explain what her gift was, a final mystery for me to solve by the sounds of things." And you only get to use it once," Katie reminded him."What we need is a war council," suggested.