"Still another voice called out, "I still don't understand how you got a mortgage! What'd you two do, rob a bank?"Melanie was magnificent. She laughed...good-naturedly and deflected the question. "Oh, I've guess Eric and I have been tempted!" And then she steered the conversation back to the medical program.It was a delightful afternoon, nothing what we were expecting. The party broke up shortly before dinner. Melanie and I were shown our room, Melanie's old bedroom. There was a new king-sized. Cleaning up near one of the cases and admiring the ?ice? on display. I musthave accidentally tripped the alarm,? he said as he fidgeted. The name on hisvest said Tazman. ?Sorry about that.? Scarlet sensed something was amiss. She knew that ?ice? veryoften was how criminals referred to diamonds. ?Why don?t we go back into the study.I?ll help you and make sure you don?t ?accidentally? disturb any more displays.Shall we?? she said waving her arm back toward the door. ?I?ll take it fromhere. Go. " For what?"She sighed to herself inaudibly.Was he really going to make her ask and beg?Looking up at him, she could see he was being serious and answered,"For being late this morning, Master. Please will you punish me?" Well since you asked so nicely," He said, with a touch of humor in his tone."Pee."She frowned slightly, unsure of how to respond."Now." He said, in a harsher tone. "And continue walking while you do so."She waited a few seconds, arguing with herself over whether she should do. Trae pointed out the next obstacle. Near this river was a low section of land and just across from it was a steep climb that passed between two high escarpments.“That’s the pass into the bowl of Mount Ear. The Waters must have had some fun getting their carriage down this side of it. With a little manipulation of the natural flow of the land, I think we can drop the grade of the climb and make it into three easier to navigate sections.”Trae passed his ideas onto Kat and she suggested that it.