?" trailed off the credulous drover. Wong nodded seriously and reminded the man,"Don't you remember back at that caravanserai right before the pass wh...re we stayed two day, how he had to go and master a leopard? There was a reason they called on him to do it." Wong intimated without precisely stating. The man's eyes grew, and the mystery of Zithrusa grew. She noticed that she received much more respect in her own person, more than what would accrue to her for merely being John's woman, and she. I then ran up to Eric's room and got him ready to go to my mom's for the A.M.. When Samantha got out of the shower I ran Eric to my mom's house and started the car. Samantha then brought Sue out and we drove her to school. I then drove Samantha to her car and got my goodbye kiss. She said she was going to run to the mall and she would see me tonight. I then rushed off to work to start a busy day of contract talks with two of our biggest clients. After 3 hours of negotiations I finally had both. Tanya’s ten o’clock show was over and Jake left, promising Béla he would be waiting for her outside after closing.The midnight show came and went; the patrons happily throwing their money away for a moment of Tanya’s mesmerizing attention. After Jake left, Jessica came down to help with the workload, much more herself after spending a hour in Béla’s Jacuzzi. She didn’t even behave as though she minded being handled by some of the more rowdy customers, although Frank and Béla kept a close eye on. ’ Adelia tutted and did the eye-roll behind her sunglasses. ‘Yeah, I know,’ Craig put in, tone ingratiating to show they were on the same team. ‘He’s a miserable bastard. Always been the same. Used to boss me around all the time when we all lived out in Surrey.’ Puzzled, Adelia said, ‘Surrey?’ ‘It’s a county, a place. It’s where I grew up. Not too far away as it happens. We lived in a nice big house in a town called Farnham. We should go there sometime. You’d like it, I’m sure. ‘Anyway, my dad.