“Kitten, you may dress me now.” He tells me.I jump up from the floor and dash to the room as he follows me. His clothes are laid out (I always do...it the night before after asking him what he wishes to wear) and I take my time dressing him. First his underwear and socks, then his white undershirt followed by his slacks and dress shirt. Then I put his shoes on him and tie them carefully (I know I’ll be punished severely if one of his shoes comes untied during the day). Finally, his only piece. ?Alice lifted out the two metal halves.?Put your head down the rabbit hole.?Lucy blinked but obeyed. She leaned down on her knees and placed her head in the hole until her throat was level with the timber floor.Alice replaced the metal plates, encircling Lucy’s neck, with her head stuck below. Then she clanked shut a bolt that locked the metal plate in place. She and Jodi exchanged ‘high five’ grins and stood back to admire the headless young body apparently growing out of the timber floor. The. I made my reputation and am now living off it. I'm a good copper but Morg did a lot of the hard work for me. He is solid and I can honestly vouch for him. I've not heard that he has harmed anyone; the ones he tipped me about were ones who were threatening his family or had gone over the pale even by Stews' standards.He wants to join the Navy. He wants to travel. His family is secure so he feels he can go; he has protected them for all his growing life and Julie says it is time for him to leave. "Mostly the former," was all I could manage."What if I changed? For you?"Damn. And the shocks just keep coming. "Anya, why are you doing this? Why does it mean so much to you that we-" rapid assessment, then a quick decision, "-stay friends?" Because you make me want to be a better person," she said simply. "I've manipulated people throughout my whole life, and you're the first one that called me on it and made me realize what I was doing. You made me see myself for the arrogant self-centered.