Whilst they were sitting at the table Stella mentioned. “Mum, Can you hear the washing machine?”Meg replied “No, why? is it on?”Stella replied...“Yes. My school clothes are washing, Joe has fixed the machine for us including repairing the hoses.”Meg looked at Joe “Thank you, what did you do to it. It has never been so quiet?”Joe replied “I just repaired the washers, filters and balanced the machine to the spot. It was an easy job for me. I don’t mind helping out on easy items like that.”Stella. ” “Come on Em, let’s have some fun,” he said stepping even closer to me. I could feel his body heat on my bare skin, and instead of making it a little warmer, I got chills all over my body. “You mean like a board game? Sure! Yeah! How does Candy Land sound?” I laughed nervously and walked to my dresser.All of a sudden his arm was around my waist, and my back side was pressed against his front. “You know that’s not what I mean,” he whispered in my ear, moving his finger in a circle around my hip. The remaining ten months would be working in Nabureru under Kaori who would teach me the finer points of hostessing. He warned that it wouldn't be all class and glamour at first, but he saw me as a valuable investment that should be looked after. My starting salary was three times what I'd been making as a teacher.The rest of the evening was a whirlwind. Catheryn immediately offered to take me in as a roommate and I faxed my current office to give them a week's notice that I would not be. Anna ... such a mundane name. Her father was the developer of the number one ski resort in Jackson Hole.“She’s a KILLER.”She was just loud enough that I heard her say it. So far it had been innuendo and whisper in the corner with silence when I walked by.Stepping up to the plate I took a swing at her fast pitch. “You have a problem with that?” I asked.“Yes, I do ... you took a life.”“I didn’t take a single life ... I’ve eliminated five scum of the earth.”“Oh ... My ... God! You are a serial.