’ Tanya looked concerned. I grabbed my cell phone and called my friend Jim. ‘Jim, it’s Bill. I need a ride to take my guest to the hospital, a...d I think I need it ASAP.’ ‘No can do, Bill. Only if it is a life or death matter can we send anyone out. Beside that we have filled every bed and cot in the hospital. We’ve been having freezing rain for the last two hours. The Governor has declared a state of emergency. Nobody is moving. Why do you think you need to get the your guest into the. . I’d rather you told me and not ask me. I can’t help myself when you tell me what to do like you did just now! I have a best friend who was my roommate in college and I was so fucking envious of her. If someone told her to do something crazy or daring or even indecent in public, there was no way she could refuse. She would laugh about it to me later and tell me that she would get an orgasm when she felt as if she were forced to do crazy things like that.”“Like what? What were the craziest. .. do you know him?" I've known Thomas for some years. Before I came to Dow, I was in the processed food business in California. He found some capital for us to expand and we got to know each other then. He was the one who told me about your project." I know he talked to someone at Dow, but I didn't know it was you." Yes, it was me. I owe Thomas a debt for helping a struggling business survive and then thrive. It's nice to be able to pay just a little of that debt back," he smiled."I owe him a. "Good morning, Princess."*Sleep, I want to be left alone to sleep*"Sarah, get up, you can't sleep all day."Who's Sarah? I'm Sarah; they must be talking about me. I got up, rubbedmy eyes, and took a good look around my bedroom. On one wall was a map ofthe world and a large poster of the Backstreet Boys, whilst on the otherone was a large map of what appeared to be a large imaginary countrycalled Vallermoore. There were numerous smaller countries and other landsaround the edges, but I decided to.