She was nervous, all right. Trembling with unease; bravado for cover. They found their way by dint of inquiry to the registration tent, where she ente...ed with head held high and announced her intention to run. The local farmers smiled uneasily, acknowledging the rippling quads beneath her bike-shorts, her bright eyes, easy athleticism."Fair chance there," they thought. "Prefer a local girl though," they confessed to themselves. "She's in with a chance, right enough. Specially with him training. But find me he did. I thought it was something about overstaying my visa. It, however, turned out that an Auntie of mine had died and as her sole heir I had inherited a fairly large estate. It wasn’t millions but pretty substantial. I took the chance to leave the bar life behind and set myself up as an e****t instead. Same fucking and sucking but better pay and conditions. I could afford to get out completely, but I just loved what I was doing, is that a bad thing?’ She paused and seemed to. “Thanks for the pleasant company, ladies,” Charles said, inclining his head politely to their companions as they quickly masked their expressions. He smiled at Lynette and added, “I’ll arrange a new office and quarters for you here on Olympus.”“Much appreciated, Charles,” she replied, nodding gratefully. “Thank you.”The two men headed out of the Officers’ Lounge, leaving Alyssa and Lynette on the sofas.“Shit!” Alyssa swore with a grimace. “Lina’s a fast worker.”“Never a good deed goes. It had one big closet off of my room where all of our hang up clothes were kept, so Mom would sit on my desk chair when donning her hose. One day I got real brave and walked in, bear in mind I had also watched from around the corner a few times so was aware of the drill, she had just finished attaching the front garters when I asked her to show me “how those snaps worked?” She undid one and demonstrated how she doubled up the top of the hose and secured it. “Can I try?” I asked. “I.