”“He appears to respect you, Mace,” as she sat next to him, the softness of the sofa naturally causing her to slip down tight up next to him, he... head on his shoulder and a hand on his chest, “the animosity between you and Leone set a pattern against Mr P’s normal polite behaviour, his common manners. With me being there, it broke that unnatural pattern and his innate politeness let us and you in. I am sure, even if I am not with you, he will invite you in here each time in future.”“Well, I for. I’m running on a long straightaway when I see a mirage in the distance. My eyes have sweat in them and I use my hand to brush the sweat away. The mirage is still there. My eyes seem to believe what they see, but my brain does not compute. I go from a steady run, to a brisk jog, to a slow walk. “What the fuck,” I say aloud to myself. On the ground is a freshly fallen tree from a storm. I see them, a couple, a man and woman. The woman is bent over the tree, the male behind her steadily thrusting. Are you interested in a goodcorset? Hilary tells me you don't do housework, is that true?" "I am not interested in a corset and Hilary does OK with thehousework so it isn't really necessary for me to do it." "I have a great idea. How would you like to model some sexclothes?" "What kind of clothes?" "I have all sorts of sexy clothes. Why don't you step into thatlittle booth and strip and I'll get them." He eagerly stepped into the booth and stripped in record time.Wanda slid in behind him. I looked around and saw a store layout guide fastened to one of the pillars next to the escalators. I made my way over there and had a read, looked like the dresses were on the upper floor thought the rest was down here on the ground floor.I pointed at the escalator and shouted across to Alison, "Dresses first," and followed her up the escalator.The upper floor was quieter than downstairs, for which I was grateful. I looked around and realised that I was going to have to look at the whole floor.