Clutching the hospital gown to her bosom did nothing to ease the pain, nor enhance it. She felt numb, sensing only a tug as the doctor removed shards ...f broken glass from her back and arm. Marla glanced up at the clock in the emergency room suite: it was three-thirty a.m. ‘Almost done,’ the resident doctor said. ‘Just a few small pieces left. I’ll need to place sutures to close some of these cuts.’ Tears streamed down her face, mixing with blood, leaving crimson tracks. She nodded silently.. She pulled to a stop at the main entrance. Got out and guided her husband out to his feet. He didn't have his boots on so she helped him across the gravel and onto the porch. Navigating the three steps was difficult in his white socks. She rang the door."If it's my mother, be prepared for a verbal assault. If it's my father, he will be more congenial but not that much. If it's Maureen, she'll try to get you into her bedroom and fuck your brains out."The door opened and it was Mason. The butler.. Marie read the ad again, checking the directions once more to see if she was on the right track. She had walked a few blocks already and there was no sign of a building with a cute cat-octopus hybrid logo on any of the buildings, it was her first-time inn in Japan after all. The navigation led her to a building with big doors, average looking from the outside, with no logo or indication of it being a studio, but the door was not locked so she decided to take her chance.Even though she had done. "Just letting you know, not all rulers are straight." Jacob said nonchalantly." You were listening?" Chris asked scared about what Jacob could have heard." only for the last bit. From about you telling your mum all about me and how ruler like I Am." he said." What 30cm long and hard as wood?" Chris spat out not realising what he said until one of Jacobs eyebrows raised with a smile on his face." oh my god shoot me now." Chris said blushing and walking back over to the steps and his bag." I wont.