Ted reached down and yanked her head up and got right in her face. "UNDERSTAND!?" Yes sir" was all Katie could manage to say."Good. But from now on, n... talking. Pet doggies don't talk do they?" Do they?" He said staring down at her. She shook her head timidly in agreement. "Besides, nobody gives a shit about what you have to say. Nobody ever did. Guys only acted like they were interested in the retarded shit that came out of your mouth because they wanted to see your tits. And now look,. But this is the best I could get out of the Emperor." Should the Northern Plan be altered, my Lord?" asked one of them.Rithas strolled around the side of the table and looked down at the northern half of the map, where he had sketched in details of his military plan.It was already intended to be quick. A lightning strike to the north and northeast up the coast, then a sharp turn to the northwest to secure a critical road junction, and then west and southwest to trap the remaining defenders. What difference would a few more make? "I guess so." "You're a sweetheart." She turned to Terry who had been listening. "Just a few simple shots." I posed sitting and standing. Terry took a few shots of me looking pensive, a few looking distracted and thoughtful and finally a half dozen shots smiling. It did get easier as I worked at it. The guys left the set to change but the girls all stayed to watch. "You did very well, I was impressed." Trish told me. This is the girl who had hardly said. So he drove her home one night, just the two of them, and told her the way he felt. And he thought she felt the same way. At least, that was the assumption he made while they were parked in the alley behind her parents’ house, sitting in his car as she gave him a handjob in the dark. Valentine’s Day was a week later. He ordered a dozen red roses and made a reservation for two. And then he invited her with a text — she said only old people phoned — but never received a reply. When he went by.