.. string him along a bit."Ya' know," I said, "that crack you just made about my not buying anything on time wasn't appreciated. At my age, they won't...let me buy anything on time anyway. So ... I pay cash for everything." After all these years, you still haven't learned to be modest," he said, sadly. "And to think, I used to have such high hopes for you." Sorry to disappoint," I said, attempting to console him. "If it's any consolation, I don't have much --," Much? Much of what... ? Can't you. Gardner, Mary, I have an appointment at the bank - it was postponed from this morning." It was as arranged, this meeting and his quick departure."Oh?" Mary looked confused at being abandoned, but not surprised I noticed.I stood and shook hands with Doug, smiling at Mary, "I think I can keep Mary company for the next hour or so - would that be fine?"My smile must have reassured her, that and since I was one of her husbands 'old friends' - she nodded, "Certainly Mr. Gardner, it would be a. After getting your attention, you have been nothing but a joy to be around. It helps that you are wonderful lovers, but that is a bonus for us.”We all got dressed and met at the car. Sandy looked at Brenda and asked, “Want to ride with me to the office?”Brenda smiled and replied, “Absolutely Mistress, I would love too.”I was pulling out of the driveway when Ayana asked me, “Master, are you really going to give up on them?”I looked back at Ayana, “What would you like us to do? They have to earn. I know you have to keep some things secret in your job, but I can sense what you’re feeling, did you know that? I’m not a mind reader, I’m a woman in love, and we have special powers.’ ‘Then do you know what I need right now?’ ‘I could bet it would start with taking all our clothes off. Why don’t we pick up where we left off out in the woods, when we were so rudely interrupted?’ To add emphasis she grabbed the bottom of my T shirt and lifted it over my head, dragged it off my arms, and threw it.