She continued working throughout the rest of the day, periodically glancing at me and smiling.As it got closer to 5:30, time seemed to stand still. I ...as counting down the seconds until everyone else in the building would leave. “I’ll be right back,” Rachel said to me as everyone else on our floor seemed to be leaving. I wondered where she was going as I put away my work for the day. Finally I saw Rachel walking back down the hallway and she had her overcoat on again. As she walked into my. ”“Home to your estate and your honey bees, my Lord?”“Maybe. But ... I don’t buy all that White and Dark Witches nonsense back there at The Lamb at all. Who are you, Thomasina, who are you really?”“Me?” she replies innocently, with that knowing smile on her lips that Ferdinando has come to know so well.“I’ve seen my fill of the ‘Possessed’ these last few days, my lady, enough to warn me when one of the possessed has been in front of me all this time.”“Ah, of course, Fernando, you have been. It’s a long story; but for now, Yes, that is what everyone calls her species. The Zldats have a different name for themselves, but it’s a mental concept, rather than a word we can pronounce.”“Okay. Then if I understand it correctly, the two of you are going to help these Zldats and Altairians to negotiate this agreement. Since you have Madge and me here, you obviously want us to support you in some fashion. Right?”“Well ... sort of, Phyllis. What Mary wants is for the four of us to be her. ??????????? "I'msorry, sir," she whispered. "I was waiting for you, and the phonejust rang. I must have lost track of?"??????????? Igrabbed her by the ponytail and pushed her face to my shoes. She kissed themand pleaded for mercy.??????????? Itwas bullshit. But the begging was part of the fun. Well, most of the fun if I'mbeing perfectly candid. ??????????? "Overhere, bitch. NOW!" I barked, and walked away. She crawled after me,dogging my heels, still whining. "And shut your.