Kathryn had joined the office a couple of years before. Highly attractive and fiercely competitive, she had quickly become well respected. I had taken...her under my wing, quickly showing her the ropes and she had now become my closest competitor. We also had become fast friends. "What's up?" I asked her, as I saw the playful look give way to nervousness. Kathryn walked over in front of my desk lazily dragging her hand across the leather back of the chair normally reserved for guests. "John. . this Baen’thelas. Her trembling fingers broke the holographic image, causing it to flicker and momentarily breaking the spell. She blinked her dry eyes and darted a glance at the chronometer and was shocked to realise she’d been gazing at him for over twenty minutes.She didn’t have the heart to close the photograph and be parted from his handsome face, so Thalia chose to move it aside to view the accompanying message again. The fanciful tale of matriarchs conspiring together to achieve. Samuel looked at me and said, you did not have to change on my behalf, you looked good as you was. We all laughed, but I was pleased Maria was in the kitchen and not listening.That evening Maria cooked a lovely meal of Kingfish. After the meal she talked to us and waited for her Father to arrive for her lift home. When Samuel arrived Simon offered him a beer and we all sat talking. Samuel was 36 years old, 6ft and very handsome. He would constantly look at my legs and tits and I was looking at. “ what was that Steve?” “Nothing I said I forgot to bring the toy deer” “oh that’s fine don’t worry about it you can bring it next time, would you like to stay and chat a bit Steve?, been a long time since we talked plus it’s kind of lonely in this house without Jim” ,“yeah sure Elizabeth I would love to keep you company”, they sat down on the sofas and talked as they talked Steve saw that Elizabeth who was sitting opposite him legs were parted just enough for him to catch a glimpse of her.