" Indentured?" I asked.She nodded. "And he was an outright shit. Worked me hard and tried to mount me 'most every day. Never did. I'm a Scot, lowlan's... Not many women on the ship, took near two months, damn hard, but I'm heah."I smiled at her and she returned it. Amanda said her goodnights and headed up the steps, looking back at me once. I told Sally that we sometimes hauled off Brits if they likely knew anything useful and always paid for them. She said she would think on it, shook my hand,. I cinched up my robe and stepped out of the car. A cold wind hit my exposed face and it felt like a thousand icicles. I thought, why couldn’t he at least cheat on me in the summer? As I approached the flashing sign, I saw that it read, Ricky’s Bar and Grill. There were several motorcycles parked at the entrance of the old building. I could hear the music blaring as I pulled open the door. The springs were so strong that the door slammed as I stepped inside. Conversations stopped and all. Then, when I came back, Aunt Hagar would teach me some more of the things that I needed to know. There werent any other female relatives, so that would be the end of my training. Aunt Sarah was in her early fifties but her face looked older than that. We were alone on her little farm and there was a lot of work to keeping it up. I helped all I could and that didnt leave much time for the teaching. Aunt Sarah taught me how to be considerate of a womans feelings and how to make love to her so. I just wanted to visit Joey and get the chance to talk to her for an hour or so, and she agreed to let me visit in the morning and see how things went.For the next two days, I left the girls in the apartment after breakfast, telling them to do some internet research or just relax. I took a cab over to the 5th Avenue Penthouse, played with my little girl, and got myself caught up on all the latest things going on in Ashlyn's life. We chatted casually, although I could feel an underlying tension.