Before her face quirked when what was most certainly a snort escaped the slender hand rising reflexively to stifle it."Oh!" Ayeka gasped. "Lord Tenchi...please!" She tittered, suddenly realizing how good if felt to laugh. Understanding how precious it was to her just now!"Guess, I'm going to be dressing like this a lot more often." He noted glumly."Not necessarily!" Ayeka smiled. "As emperor, you can set any fashion you like!" She paused seeing he was eying around speculatively."How about Blue. . how much is it?”“Like you don’t already know,” she said.“You must inform me,” I suggested.“Surely,” she spat, “If you insist. It’s 1754.20 a month paid out twice a month.”“Eight hundred seventy seven dollars and ten cents every two weeks?”“Quick with your figures, I see.”She was getting madder by the second. She spun, I ducked. She laughed. “Nervous?” she asked.“God deliver me from righteous females,” I muttered. “I plan on adding it to her interest bearing Trust account every month.”“Oh .... “Hi mum, it's me, Jade.”“Yes, I know, but I wanted to tell you that me and Chris thought we would come down for a visit.”There was a long pause.“Us together, yes. I thought we would stay in my room, it is big enough for the two of us and besides, I wanted to sort through a few things whilst I was home. Make it more grown up after all I am not a child anymore.”Another long pause, I could take it no longer and stood up and walked through the dining room to the kitchen door. Jade was leaning on. Ann wasn't there.Jenny said, "It isn't like Ann to leave us without saying where she's going."Ann had been gone for more than a half hour. The three women were concerned, even worried about her disappearance.Just about then, Harriet looked at the backdoor and saw Ann walk in, her face flushed and more than a few hairs out of place. "Look, there's Ann," Harriet announced to the group. They waved her over to join them. No one was willing ask the key question, Where have you been? They already.