Finish up."Where?" she said."You need clothes. I've got a little money saved. We'll get you fixed up," I said. She stopped chewing; her mouth was stil... full of food. She swallowed."You mean it?" she said. Twenty minutes later we were standing in front of an ATM. I had five hundred in my savings; it was all of the money I'd been able to save—what can I say; it costs a lot to live in the city. I pulled out four hundred and handed it to her.We headed to the strip mall a few blocks up the street. I. " She said and squeezed me into a nice warm hug. Lindathen gently pushed me back and looked me over. "You look fantastic; Ithink I'm going to love having you as a sister. You're much betterlooking than that lanky boy that I used to know," she said and giggled.I had to giggle too. "Thank you Linda, you can call me Sandy for short.Most of my friends do." Nice to see you again Linda," Brian said and gave his sister a smallhug "you know um, Sandy and I are seeing each other right?" Brian. Then I returned and sat on the bed again. I put the collar, cuffs, and earrings on and opened the second box. It was a ring, that was an exact replica of the one from The Story of O. Stainless steel, with a small ring hanging from it. It fit the middle finger if my right hand snuggly, but comfortably. No doubts now about what I was going to be for him. Standing up, I looked myself over in the full length mirror on the back of our closet door. Teetering precariously on the pencil thin. Inari and Priya detoured to the Shipwright sector, to be sure that the Hephaestus testing was on schedule. They would be a bit behind the Hermes crew, but they had their own set of orders.The Hermes crew took a quick pit stop by the nearby armory, to collect their weapons and arm up. Even though the Sentries and their drones hadn’t picked up anything, that didn’t mean that something wouldn’t be lurking in the dark. Every crew member, Luminia included, was soon sporting a set of body armor and.