" Oh no, she stormed out of here. Furious." I wonder what Captain Luminae made her read to get her to agree to that?" Don't know. The other thing is t...at as soon as I am able to shunt we will be out of here. Contract completed early."Aliya paused in thought, all the implications of a contract being "completed early" going through her head. It didn't sound like Katrina got what she wanted out of the negotiations. At least we got a pay out, so Katrina may be able to hire some techs to help with. And I got my ashes raked.As I walked to my newest car, a brand new Jaguar, I passed a young woman trying desperately to get her car to start and stopped to help. Her car was neither new, nor old. It was that in-between age where things were just starting to go wrong.“Hey,” I said softly/ “It looks like you have more than you can handle right now. Can I help?” This all came out very soft and gentle. No use frightening her while trying to help.She looked at the edge of tears and said, “This is. He and Will whispered back and forth a bit, and then Josh typed a few words into the search box and hit enter. The screen changed to a grid of movie clips, long and shorter, and Josh began scrolling down. Will pointed at one, and Josh stopped and clicked on it. "Well, if you two are all set, I should probably get back to bed," I began, but Josh said, "No, c'mon, stay and watch this one with us." I swallowed hard and tried to say that I shouldn't, but both Josh and Will really seemed insistent.. Err....I got a message to call this number." Hi Nick! You must be the guy who's staying in Tina's place. She told me she was going to be away for a few days - Geneva isn't it?" That's right. And were you....err...the guy on the level below....err....standing in the window this morning?" Naked and stroking? Yup, 'fraid so. That's usually how I wake myself up in the morning! Hope it didn't shock you?"Now gaining some confidence, Nick replied unabashed: "Not at all. The view from where I was.