"How was your trip?"Their small talk didn't last for long, however. Soon Anna was making Paul the most unconditional and open-ended offer anyone could...hope to receive from her."It has been twenty years. I hope you don't plan to make me wait much longer."Robots aren't ones for unnecessary foreplay.They swept off together to Anna's private suite, where she no doubt had both of them naked moments later. Anna can be quite direct that way when she wishes to be.Paul stayed at the House for a week. "Pat wiped her face on her sleeve, and we went back down to the tavern."Can you sit an' talk?" I asked.The girl shook her head, bent over and whispered, "No. There's two a'us here. The boy's watching me right now, my half-brother, Alex."We hustled the young kitchen man out the back door for a little talk. He was bravely a defender of King George and had awful sore cods and a slit in his nose before we convinced him we were serious."We want the colonel," I told him. "Your folks won't get hurt if. We seem to fight a lot more, now that we all have this whole group thing going. She takes me for granted, but then she still expects me to cater to her slightest whim."I tried not to smile. This was vintage Emily. Her pendulum with Brenda, was beginning to swing back the other way, just as it had so many times with me. She and I had fought most of the time, and usually over things that she had changed her mind about. I wondered how Brenda was going to react to this development in the way Emily. I’m going to just massage your neck and maybe you back a little, okay?”“Sure."“Okay." She peeled back the bedclothes and gently stroked a hand up my back to my neck. “I’m just going to rub some oil onto my hands.”There was a moment's pause then her hand returned, slippery and warm. She slowly stroked around my neck smearing the oil on my skin. It was joined by her other hand and then she began.Her thumbs pressed slightly against may spine as she worked at my neck. She spread her fingers a.