Thoughts of her smooth legs under his strong hands still ran through his mind as his partner, Will, approached his desk and slapped down a massive fil... onto his desk. "Looks like our guy, Javier, hired a not-so-loyal bodyguard. The guy was found dead in his suite in a pool of his own blood, or at least what was left of it," said Will, eyeing the half-vacant look in Dane’s eyes. He was like that sometimes, always watching closely trying to pin down answers without asking. Even now he was getting. The others say she is a powerful shaman with knowledge of many herbs and drugs. She was desperate to escape for she had been brutally raped several times on the voyage. I think she's more Moorish than Negroid. She speaks good Arabic and she was curious about you when I told her you were a sissy-boy."I felt a fricassee of nervous tension tingle down my spine as I caught the strange pale skinned woman studying me. Unsure of myself, I made a show of my authority by getting the ship under way.. " That's fine with me," replied Dee. "Are we doing the cooking?"Zoe had the grace to look guilty. "I'm sorry darling, I'm not going tobe much help as we have a full day of training; can you possibly manageon your own?" Oh sure," said Dee agreeably, "I'll get Mycroft to help. Would pastaand salad be okay?" Perfect," said Zoe. "Dee you are an absolute darling for doing this; Ipromise to make it up to you." Christmas is coming," remembered Dee. "Something glamorous would be anacceptable thank. I entered my first class of the year and saw there was open chair next to a gorgeous blonde. So, I walked over to her and asked, ‘excuse me is this seat taken?’ ‘No, please sit down,’ she replied. So I sat down. Introduced myself as Eric Franko. She said, ‘my name is Michelle Smith.’ I thought I detected a bit of an accent, but decided not to ask at the present time. We made small talk until class started. We had to go our separate ways after that class. But, we met up a little bit later on in.