Take a look, and if you don't like what you see, let's just call this conversation goodbye. No hard feelings. Okay?YoungFungi: Okay.LukeWarmMama: Okay... I'm looking forward to this. You have no idea how much.YoungFungi: Me too.***What had I just done? The question haunted me as I stared at the computer, and luckily I snapped out of my trance when I heard Mom coming down the hall humming, managing to get the image off the screen when she passed my room.Mom. Poor Mom. She was going to go up to The. "Why did Captain Foster send just you? There's usually a half-dozen of them. They'll expect to be fed. Oh Lord." She wrung her hands and gripped my arms. "Go hide," she said to me. "Up in the attic."I watched the officer come striding to the back door and heard him let himself in. "Cecelia," he yelled. "Whose horse is in the barn?"When he walked into the room, I grabbed him by the lapels. "It's mine," I said, lifting him by his jabot. "Get down on your knees." He knelt, and I pulled his sword. Working alone, he would have to get there early, lug any equipment he would need, and set up before his client got there. Ryan got to the gym at nine and was allowed to set up his equipment around one of the weight benches. Not knowing how big this guy was, he loaded the bar with a forty pound, a twenty-five pound, a ten, and a five-pound plate on each side of the bar; figuring that rather than embarrass his client by having him have to remove weights, he would give him the opportunity to add. You’ll have to walk back.? As Paul and I walked into the store where I got my supplies, the owner came out to greet me. He was a long time sub of my mentor and had been on the receiving end of my paddle a few times, when she had been too tired to do it herself. ?Hello Miss A. Your order is ready. I’ll have the boys load it up.? ?Thank you Tony.? ?Do you need anything else Miss A? I have some new samples that came in. There’s one I think would be great for fine work. I can give you.