I want to see your set-up, meet Ginger and Stacy, and see what else you have going on with your neighbors. We’ll take my plane.”“You have a plan...?” I said with awe in my voice.“It’s a Gulfstream 650LR. The ‘LR’ means Long Range. It can fly from here to London nonstop. Can I stay with you?”“Of course. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” I paused and added, “Mindy, I didn’t know who you were until yesterday around midday when Todd told me.”“I know. You changed slightly yesterday afternoon, but. I didn’t have to wait long to before Gary took up his caning position to one side of Emma and rechecked his aim with the cane with the now familiar tap tap tap.This time however it was clear from how far Gary pulled his arm back for the first stoke that this caning was going to be much harder than the first. Indeed, the first stroke landed with a heavy crack and was greeted by a painful yelp from Emma. The rest of the caning continued in a similar fashion with each stoke really whipping in. And she had continued to feel stronger and livelier as more time passed. And since she was now a High Lord Shina had been given much more than she then realized or was visually apparent.Shina got up from the bed where she had been sitting with her daughters and Mika and swiftly walked a few steps to a clear area of the room where she dropped to her knees on the floor. Shina then bent down until her face and upper body were on the floor and then said: "My lords, you have saved me when all. “How may I be of service?”There was a slight accent to the voice. It made me think ‘British, upper crust.’ I looked up and down the hallway again. “Who are you?”“You may call me Sebastian. I am the caretaker of the vault.”“Caretaker? Are you a Magical Construct too?”“Good Heavens, no,” said the voice from behind me rather than sounding like it was coming from everywhere. The tone also suggested I had said something bad or insulting.I turned to meet the man and found that the statue was not.