Rome could be better, Lady. Tiberius has grown bored with being Princeps. Now he plays at treachery for his own amusement." I was afraid that might ha...pen," She said. "Augustus and Livia set a standard no one could match. To be any good the Princeps has to like governing. He has to like all the minor details Augustus and Livia were so good at, and yet manage to keep the broad perspective in sight as well." It gets worse," I said. "People fear and respect Tiberius. He wants people to love him.. As he saw Jill off to work, Alex gave her the address and time to meet for the Saturday party with their friends Belle and Derek. When she asked him what she should wear, he said, “Nothing much.” That was about all she could get out of him. By this time, Jill had no questions about why or what was going to happen. She just knew she was in for the ride of her life.Jill didn’t see Alex the remainder of the week as he was taking a few days off, which was good, as Jill probably would have jumped. I just wanted to say, I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better.” “It’s fine mom, we have both been stressed out the last week. I’ll also try to calm down and not bite your head off every time something happens.” "That's great honey, I appreciate that." Brady's mom continued, "You know what, it's Friday today, no work for either of us tomorrow. Why don't we have a movie night like we used to? Your sister is staying at a friend’s house the entire weekend. She won’t be home until Monday morning. . And as for competing with them,--well, there's a thought!" What do you mean?" The girls think you're too masculine, and you're worried that I mightstart preferring their -uh- attentions. But if you started looking morefeminine, that would address both problems!" How do you mean?" With my slight build and soft features, no one hadever thought of me as overly manly."Well, we could start by getting rid of your body hair. You don't havemuch anyway. And we could grow your hair out and style it just.