" I do indeed, madam," the girl replied. "But first I must apologise for my rudeness in so kneeling like this. I would arise to greet you, but Valiant... my faithful hound, has me caught in a terrible knot and I cannot escape without doing great hurt to both myself and my beloved pet."Candice laughed indulgently. "And so I see! Your Valiant is indeed a very loving pet. In fact, it is a knot, but a very different knot that I seek. The Golden Knot, which is known to be in the Kankun Mountains, and. Well, of course, we could not get right back to sleep."So Ray, Janice did not like the idea of you wanting her to do things with her heels?" No, she got very bent out of shape about that. I thought it would have been nice but she was getting all these new attitudes. She would go out and buy something she wanted but if I did it for half as much, she'd make a big stink of it." I can't see what her problem is Ray, I really can't." So between her attitude about things like that and being an out an. That's harassment."People call the police and the feds everyday with complaints about threats, and the answer is always the same. They can't do anything until an actual crime is committed. Yet here I am, your average Joe blow (albeit with a twist: I can do something that the government obviously wants control over), and I get this protection unsolicited!" I nearly screamed the last."Give me a day to contact the government and find out what they think they are doing. Do you still have that 800. "She nodded, and he took a sip of the whisky. "Truth or Dare, Cassandra?"She grinned, feeling the warmth of the brown liquid pooling in her stomach. Bravery pulsing through her veins. If she'd been feeling this way at the party she definitely would have had the balls to confront Eric."Dare."He ran his hand over his jaw, scratching the stubble there slowly."Ok, I dare you to... kiss me on the cheek."She rolled her eyes and leaned forward, kissing him quickly on the cheek and grabbing the whisky.