However, on the first fairly slack days, when it was Kedi’s turn to supervise Null’s lovemaking rather than to collect pay at a table from visitor... queuing up to come in, she came to the conclusion that she was really just providing a service for Null and if there was some pecuniary compensation for it then that could not be bad. Null was so clearly grateful for the sex she was receiving and so reluctant to see each customer leave that Kedi couldn’t really consider that Null was being. People do what I tell them to!”“You can’t tell me to cheat on my wife. I won’t do it!”Over the past twenty-five years, the office of President of the United States had become so ridiculed and impoverished that no one really did what POTUS said to. It had evolved into a largely ceremonial role, not terribly different than being Queen of England, though with a shorter term. At the rate she was going, she’d outlive her grandson as well as she had her son. But she didn’t run Parliament, nor did the. She grabbed her feather duster and started to clean. I don’t know if she saw me sitting there. I never knew she cleaned in the nude. I just sat there watching her. All of a sudden, she saw me and just looked at me with a glare. “Jesus! You could have said that you were down here.” “Anne, you look gorgeous. I was just a little stunned that you clean in the nude.” “I like cleaning in the nude. Stop staring at me.” “Stop staring at you. How could I not? Are you fucking with me or are you serious?”. "Did you just say what I think I heard you say? Did you just say that you are in love with me?" Yes, you heard right. I hope I didn't upset you but I'm just expressing the way I feel."Her eyes welled up and I saw tears forming. She got onto the bed and looked me in the eye. "Please say it again so I know I wasn't hallucinating." I love you, Caren. Since the moment you stepped into my life, you've made it infinitely better. I love you. I do." I must be tripping." She pinched herself. "One more.