I was far less of a man when she wasn't right behind me. I spent the night giving Joannie the best time I could and sent her off to the moonbase hotel...to help LaRhonda watch our tribe. I kept Monique to continue our bonding, and I'm sure Hannah filled her ear with dire threats about what would happen if she ever said 'No' to anything I wanted.After a couple of weeks of fleet exercises in Sol's outer system, a final check that we had stuffed the Ferry pods as full as we could, and another that. She was so ashamed she didn't know what to do and Tim's enthusiasm made everything still worse! Huge sobs wracked her body as the tears kept coming.As new images of the depravity she had indulged in came popping into her mind, her tears renewed themselves, multiplying and cascading down to the pale pillow case.Tim had had a very agreeable discussion with Crockett who had shown him the inner workings of Dagon Manor from the huge furnace to the enormous attic. He had taken him down by the stable. Just before dinner my special phone rang. The Judge had an update and it was great news ... and bad news ... and amazing news. Take your pick, it was all three."Carl, I can confirm that Mr. Khodorovsky was publically assassinated earlier this afternoon, as he stepped out of his armored carrier, on his way into the courthouse, to answer a summons from the high court. The assassination was conveniently filmed by news people, who claimed they were lured there to film Mr. Khodorovsky being. "Oh! My name is Rick", he said. "I was thinking because I have an interest in checking out an antique shop in the hills which I'm doing when I get home and as you have nothing on the agenda would you like to join me. We could have a light lunch as it is near lunch time and they also have some nice coffee shop in the hills for afternoon tea". The woman was staggered and it was several seconds, almost touching a minute before she responded. "My name is Karen" she said. "I haven't been invited out.