Although Amanda was always more of a close friend to me than a mother figure, it never did occur to me that she was also an available woman. Of course...I had a hard on for her a few times when I accidently saw her cleavage through her low cut blouse from time to time, maybe a few times that I wanted to kiss her, but nothing beyond that. Amanda was strictly a friend and my godmother.Amanda divorced her husband a long time ago and her k**s were with their father. She broke up with her living. She also told me about your cuddles." God!" exploded Mark."Don't worry, darling. Rupert and I have done some experiments but I've never gone down on him. And he never got the same reaction as you from playing with my boosies." So that's why there was an agreement about tucking me in."Victoria smiled and laid her head on Mark's shoulder. "Yes, darling." Golly! I'm going to have to watch you two, but what I was going to say was always talk to Serena if you think there's something going. “Have you ever been hunting before?”“No,” he admitted, “but I’ve watched plenty of animals. I know how to stay hidden.”“Well you managed to sneak up on me, so I’ll trust you. But if you scare away a deer, I might just decide to have you for supper instead.”The Oni bared her pointed teeth in a grin, laughing at her own joke. She gestured for him to follow, rising to her feet and returning the heavy club to its place on her back. She was wearing her long cloak again, the patchwork of animal skins. “Amtrak 1, this is dispatch, go ahead.”He laughed because he had heard Espee mishandle Amtrak here so many times before. It was so bad it was almost laughable; he knew that the mishandling of Amtrak was actually a source of merriment among the rank and file of Southern Pacific employees.“We’re good to go, request permission to proceed, over,” the Amtrak conductor explained.He knew the response would be asking it to wait. The question was for how long.“Please hold a minute, over,” the dispatcher.