"Treasury?" Well, you know, I don't think I'm going to say right now. Official,unofficial; with this stuff, it doesn't really matter," he said. "Let's...ust say I'm part of the mileau."He straightened up at last, let me slid the chair a bit, gave me a hand."You could be too, you know," he said. "Give me call, you ever get up toD.C."I stood, one hand still in his, and waited."You don't need to be typing briefs forever," he said. "You can live alittle larger, do more things than that. I think you. ”The young girl leans the shotgun against the wall and curtsies. “Welcome to Missionary Ridge, honored Kyle and Kathleen. Will you be in residence, or using it as a weekend retreat and vacation home?”Kyle smiles while he answers, “At this point it will be our primary home. We intend to move in later this week.”“Wonderful! It’ll mean a lot to my family to have you close by. I hope you’ll be satisfied with our service.”“Varena,” Kathleen says softly, “I’m sure we will. We’re not hard to please. She cried for a while. Stopped, then cried again. She looked up, "I don't think you know how much emotional support she gave me when I was over there. Raw, basic, emotional support. She loved my daughter and cared for her better than I could, at the time."I just hugged her. She said, "I know that you love her. Brianna does, too. She did more good for Brianna than I ever could have." She breathed three or four times, "Now, we have to work it all out for ourselves." She dropped her head back to. How did I get so ahead of myself? At least I only had two hours to endure this cocky k**. Glancing at the clock, I saw it was already 10:05 pm."Hmmm...what should I make you do?" Ayden gloated."How bout you stand up for me?" He said. "I want to see what we have to work with."I hated this little punk more than ever. The last thing I wanted to do was submit to his commands, but I did make the bet and needed to honor it. Slowly and begrudgingly, I stood in front of Ayden naked as the day I was.