The previous two months would have taken a toll on most anyone else but Pauline seemed to have survived it without much external damage.Her ego was an...ther matter. That was part of why I had called her into the office, to give her some perspective on her situation. I started with the most basic question, "Did you deserve to be fired?"She took a deep breath and brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. More of her dignity returned, maybe even a touch of acceptance. Her chin was up. "Yes. Lance gave. "I think that's all Elena," he said to my mother."These two are fighting more than ever. I'm glad they are going to have their own rooms."My dad glared at my brother and I. "You two better stop your fighting before I ground both of you. That means no TV for two weeks!"Two weeks! For a child that seems like an eternity, so whenever mom and dad weren't around, that's when Abel and I fought.We continued our name calling and bickering as any normal siblings do. It wasn't until we were twelve years. However, I won't agree to bring her until I can read her," Jorie said."Read her?" Dothan asked.Mista looked up from her display. "'Reading' is a Cha'ortha skill of scanning a person's intentions. Jorie can't distinguish between what's a human skill and what's a Cha'ortha skill yet. He has to sort all of that out. In some ways he is thinking like a child. To him they are all common skills, which everyone should understand." Can he scan me?" Dothan asked."Sure," Jorie said, chirping up from the. There was only one to go and she ran yet another bath. Honestly withher bathwater on this gig she could have irrigated the Gobi desert! Hermaids came in and began to wash her down gently.She was laying there, relaxing as the hands ministered to her. Thenthey were gone. She wanted to whine, but princesses did not whine.A mouth closed on her nipple, and she gasped arching into it. Herdesires, never very far below the surface rose, and her hands came up,feeling long hair in a bun. The mouth became.