It was a bank holiday, May Day, on Monday and we were only opening the garden centre from 12 ’til 4 so everybody could have a lay in the next mornin... if we had a late night. Gwen was dropping Emma off at the riding stables and as it was still dry and had turned quite mild, and I knew that I was going to be drinking, I walked into town and got to the pub about eight o’clock. The bar was already heaving, mostly students from the college and some old school friends, some with their girl friends,. That’s right, I sensed him inside you before you even reached the state. You may have power, but not even you could have harnessed it so artfully without help. You’ve delivered the final key to me, and once I kill you and take his power, the Old Gods and the universe will be in my reach!”A forest of black tentacles erupted from Dominion’s back and surged towards Sirius.“Grandmaster!”‘Right!’Spirit energy began to pour from Sirius’s back, taking corporeal form just like when Dominion would. Stephanie has been under-utilized, too. She should be Melody's right hand woman with some authority. We need to look at some hire dates and pay rates. For the office, we need to do the looking part quickly to know how much we should be paying the new person. I have a feeling that they aren't being paid enough. CIC has G and A costs that are a little low."A moment later, Stephanie came in grinning. "We have two people coming in this afternoon. The shop is buzzing about the hot lady who seems to. Anne led Denise upstairs while Stan switched things off, put a vacuum stopper in the wine and generally looked after things downstairs."You seem to have got a better handle on this than I have," Anne told Denise quietly as they made up Stan's spare bed."What makes you think that? It's still odd, Anne. With Elaine and Susan I'd just crash in the same bed, or if it was just a pair of us there'd be no problem. This isn't the same."Anne considered. "No, it isn't is it? Well, how are you holding.