Fine." And when would you like to come by? Or perhaps you want us to come to you?" Today? I can come by this later this afternoon?" Let's see," Zara s...id, then paused. "Good, we have an opening at four this afternoon. How is that for you?"Liz thought frantically. That was two hours from now. She had to do her hair and so many other things she thought it impossible."I don't know... four is cutting it awfully close." Hmm, the next slot is at seven... is that better, Ms?" That's perfect Zara, just. My south regions felt neglected and the sake I drank was working into my brain. "Tachibana! Why the long face? Shouldn't you be excited to be studying abroad?" Yuki, a girl who clearly had a crush on me, asked. To be truthful, she was a really good looking girl, but the only reason I kept her around was because she looked like Kasumi a little. Apart from the outer appearance, everything else was annoying. "Are you worrying about that cute brother of yours?" teased Eiji, another one of my. "With that enigmatic comment, and not waiting for a reply, he rang off.On deck some hours later, Henry saw an abaya-covered figure descending from one of the Golden Palace Rolls-Royces. She was conducted aboard through the Purser's gangway and when Henry went below she was waiting for him in his stateroom, dressed in the familiar silken gown of the Golden Palace harem, but a golden one, a colour he had never seen before. She immediately dropped to the floor and did not rise until he told her to. They entered and left via the external entrance, which was designed to accommodate the arrival of wedding parties. Only these weren't wedding parties. They were some of the heads of the largest crime families in the US.Whenever they showed up, my regular wait staff suddenly had the night off (with pay), and were replaced by hard men with bulges under their coats. My regular customers seemed not to notice the changes.The only thing I noticed is that none of my regular customers would complain.