." I don't want a raise, Mr. Grant." Oh. So it's been a year, huh?" Well, yes. And, you know, Mr. Grant, in all that time, I've never had a day off? N...t even a sick day. And, well, Rhoda -- you know my friend Rhoda? -- the department store's sending her to a convention in Florida next week. Florida! And I could share her hotel room, and one of the other window dressers just canceled so there's a plane ticket available, and... Can I go, Mr. Grant?"Lou's face clouded over and he leaned forward to. Shaking we went into the bed room I was ordered to stand there while he looked at me which did get me excited then grabbing my hands tied them tight behind my back now helpless he ask me if I wanted a blindfold mmmmm no I said ok then he pushed me onto the bed hard my heart jumped and then slap slap slap firm hits on my ass working around my bum with each hit I could feel the redness building up my voice got louder with each hard hit, then was the inspection raising my dress to see his handy. Doyan nodded. "Dember was right. We may be using that new polymer barrier very soon. Families on Ten are cooperating to add quick-seal barriers to their corridors. Families cooperating, especially on Ten, is a bad omen." Chem?" Bio-chem. Second phase bio-chem to be exact — they are working with live nasties. The contract is to improve potency." How are they getting the raw material? Bad shit like that can't travel on the moving platforms safe-be." Benni let the question slip out of his mouth. I didn’t really want to know much more about her. They had been stalking her for about three weeks, and I had been filming them for all of it. At first it never occurred to me to follow them out on one of their ?hunts,? as they called them. My plan was just to live with them for a few weeks, interviewing them and getting to know what made them what they were. I pitched it to them that they would be the stars of a groundbreaking documentary. Their faces and voices, and any other identifying.