Nonetheless, each side seemed to have forged an unwilling, uneasy alliance. To the Imperium, the gladiators had been playthings to entertain the masse..., a sub-caste of humans forced to kill one another for sport. To those same Imperium highborn elite, the Xokothi slaves were mere number-crunching administrative servants, destined to toil away out of sight, serving as the nameless, un-thanked backbone of Imperium legitimacy. Each group, in their own way, had been exploited by the Imperium. If. “Naw, there’s a cute little blonde nurse up there, and I thought I’d stop and see if she was busy tonight.”“And... ?”“She said something about hell freezing over but I don’t know what that has to do with anything.”“It means, my darling,” she looked up at him with her head tipped to the side and winked her eye, “it means I’m stuck with you. Now let’s go home, shall we?”Mike was pleased that she’d used the phrase “go home”, thinking about it as he went to bring the car around to the front of the. Hopefully, Cindy will have a chance to do her discovery without having to resort to dating a jerk. I know The Program can't prevent it, but it can give her options she may not otherwise have."Mr. and Mrs. Clements left after thanking me again. I told Jackie I wanted to go home and visit with my mom. We found our parents and told them we were leaving. Mo went with us when Jackie and I headed for the truck. We didn't bother to dress for the trip home.When we got home, Jackie, Mo, and I went. Mags declared that her lover could never have resisted such a tempting young thing as me, once she had realised that I was a lesbian.‘And I don’t blame her, really I don’t – especially now that I’ve had the pleasure as well!’ she laughed. ‘I’m sure she would have told me sometime soon – in fact, I remember about a week ago she started to mention something about you, but I had to make some business calls, and then we had a silly spat about working from home, and I guess she was peeved with.