Two minutes later the tire fell off the car into my hands. I'd left the knife in it so the hole would be easy to find.As I'd worked, I'd extracted a f...w pieces of information from the pretty woman: her name was Shaye, she'd had a boyfriend up until that morning – they'd argued, he punched her, stuck a knife in the tire, and left for points west. He'd also taken all her money. She was from Texas, miles away, and knew no one in the town.I suggested she stay with the car while I got the tire. I heard the hiss as the robot shut down and hovered in place. I ran in and hooked up my handheld to hack the memory and got a digital copy of the minefield layout. I put the robot on permanent standby and hoped nobody realized that it had been powered down. Being on standby would show up on the monitors as solar cells recharging.Ten yards to our left was the start of a path that zig-zagged to the maintenance door. I led the way watching my handheld to make sure we followed the proper path to. What a sight I must be running along side him dressed only in my bra, shoes and socks while he is fully clad in shorts and sometimes sporting his black T-shirt emblazoned with Master Geoff’s Slave Farm in his favorite electric blue color. I wear my collar and he has the lead on it, but for the life of me I cannot understand the necessity since I have promised repeatedly that I will not run away. Master says. “It is not to keep you from escaping, it is to remind you of who controls your body.” . The very best.’ Needless to say, after the meal they took Mike’s carry bag and established he was to sleep with Lisbet, which he did so enthusiastically, fully and athletically. The romance progressed almost to the point of it peaking, when Lisbet said to Mike, ‘We have been wondering what to do this weekend, your weekend off. I’d like you to meet my parents.’ Mike bit the bullet and said yes. It’s what Lisbet wanted although his inner-voice was screaming, ‘No, not the parents. Oh please Mike,.