The restaurant was a good choice - not elegant, but extremely nice. We met two of his professors there. I was beginning to think that he only took me ...o places where he would see people he knew. But I didn't mind at all. Since I was using him I couldn't have complained if I had wanted to.During dinner he mentioned that his roommate was away for the weekend. I smiled a naughty little smile that embarrassed him. Yes, he probably told me that in case I would go back there with him, but wasn't. When he sat down in front of me, facing backwards, I told him, “Frank, you do realize that they aren’t even sixteen yet, don’t you?” That wouldn’t happen until tomorrow. “Do I need to take you down to the range and show you what happens to a hollow point when it hits something?”He laughed at that. “No sir, I’m good on that. They are pretty cute, though, you have to admit that. They’ll turn eighteen sooner than you think.”I waved that off. “So? Six months from now I’ll be the Vice President and. ’ Lacie grinned back. It was Claire’s turn to laugh into her food, coughing a bit as she almost swallowed another bite of her sandwich whole. ‘Oh, there’s a lot of things here that rich people like.’ Another voice came from nearby, the soft, sultry tones betraying the speaker’s gender. At the sound of the voice, Claire’s sandwich fell from her nerveless hands, the tattooed girl suddenly trembling violently as her face drained of color in an instant. ‘For instance, my pretty little pet,’ Lacie. She could never afford what the ladies often wore. Even the lesser Nobles.As a young girl she had often played pretend as a Princess or a Duchess with her friends. She used to dream that she had been born among the ruling class.Kathryn always started off every conversation with questions about his life once she knew about where he had been and what people he had met. She couldn't get enough of hearing about the differences in the kingdoms around her. As William talked she seemed to hang on.