"I don’t recall giving you permission to stare." "My apologies, Miss." He ducked his head as he reached for the oil. "I couldn't look away." "So I n...ticed." She lowered herself to the towel and closed her eyes. "Start with the feet again, pet, although you don’t need to take too long. That felt very nice. And remove your swimsuit," she added. "I like to look as well." "Yes, Miss." His stomach tightened but he slid his trunks off, not daring to look at her face to see her reaction now. As. I'd learn. I was about to get a lesson."Don't you have anything to say?" she asked."I'm going to miss being your boyfriend," I said. I thought that sounded sincere."That's it?" she asked incredulously."What can I say? I don't even know why you're breaking up." You could ask, if you even cared," she said.I was beginning to realize that things weren't going well. I also realized that there were things that shouldn't be talked about. "I care. Emily, the stuff we all did. I'm thinking that maybe we. “Erica?” I asked. “Leanne?” Neither of them responded. I looked up at Emma. “What did you do?” I asked, my anger growing.She waved her finger at me again. “Huh-uh. Anger won’t help you with this problem.”“What did you do?” I asked again.She smiled. “They are under my control. As long as you do what I want, nothing will happen to them. They won’t even know that anything happened.”“Is this part of Jordan’s training suggestion?” I asked.“No, it is not,” Emma said. “I lied to you earlier, Seth.. All other life signs have ceased to exist." Jim, he may be giving the captain a chance to contemplate the error of his treachery," Jennifer said.Annette added, "Such things do need to have a price, Love."Jim nodded his understanding. He realized, in that moment, that the justice Jason had dispensed was perhaps mild compared to what the people of earth would have done to the Grays. After all, this way, Jason had given them time to prepare for their deaths.It was odd that something that seemed so.