” Then I asked Vanessa, “Do you want the job?” Vanessa sat there for a few minutes before answering, “I really do need a job. This job looks...like it would be interesting, to say the least. If I take the job, will you promise Jim doesn’t find out?” I promised her. “If you take the job, nobody will find out. What happens in my office stays in my office. This weekend I want you to go shopping for new outfits. Amanda will tell you what kind to get. She will also fill you in on the rest of my. .”“Six-Seven,” Yren interrupted in protest.“Hey,” Ataya smirked. “This is my story. I’ll tell it how I want.”“Where was I?” she asked rhetorically when Yren didn’t respond. “Oh. Yeah. You’re ten feet tall and the strongest person I’ve ever seen. You’re completely fearless and quite possibly one of the greatest fighters I’ve even heard about. So, it’s nice to know that you are not always in complete control.”She watched Yren swallow and then look around the clearing, glancing at the bathers a. No offense intended."I touched his leg because I felt like doing it. It was not a ploy but I think it was a signal. I wondered if he had recognized it."None taken. I know I'm in another world sometimes. Why don't we just talk? We can get to know each other better." Okay. Fine by me. Let's start with your whole name. I don't even know your last name." William Jefferson Goldberg."This time I didn't have to explain the laughter."How the hell did they come up with that?" It would have been no big. This morning visit was very different though. When I got to the window, she smiled as she did every day. She told me after I asked for my usual, "We have just run out of taters. I know that's what you come here for. If you'll pull around by the side door and into a parking spot, I'll bring them out as soon as they're ready." I paid her with one hand and slowly played with myself with the other. Then I followed her directions, pulling into a parking spot on the side of the building, backing in.