. errr... um..." stuttered the mortified slavegirl. "Don't be embarrassed," offered the daughter. "You have a great body." With that, she strode thr...ugh the kitchen into the hallway. "Mom, Dad, I'm home!" she called out. Laura leaned back against the counter and shook her head in disbelief. She was petrified at being discovered naked in someone else's house but Katherine did not seem at all shocked or surprised. "Maybe I've led a sheltered life if this kind of thing is common," she. It was still hot and humid, and only the air-conditioning in the terminal made the trip bearable. As soon as she got home, she decided, she'd change from the jeans and peasant top and hit the pool. That would be nice.The time finally came for boarding. Hugging her medical escort goodbye, she walked on board the small commuter jet and found a seat. Soon the air hostess was going through the preflight ritual familiar to commercial fliers the world over. Danielle briefly fantasized about how the. “You’re really good,” she said, further charming me with her adorable Australian accent.I was still trying to figure out how I’d been so thoroughly bested by an opponent six inches shorter than me. “I know I’m good. You’re just much, much better.”Sonya scrunched up her face into a guilty smile.“I’m Michael,” I said, extending my hand. But instead of accepting the handshake, Sonya raised her blade, taunting me:“You wanna try again? Who knows, you might get lucky.”I DID get lucky. Not in the next. If he could prey on both Angel and this girl, there had to be others. He was smart though, to keep them away from Angel. She would have given him an earful without thought if she knew. Rich was sick, that Angel knew, but now the realization of how sick he actually was, was staring Angel right in the face…or at least standing there uncomfortably in front of her.Angel sighed. There was nothing she could do right now. Rich would hear about this later though, and she didn’t care what consequences.