As soon as the lamb was in the pan, I drained the potatoes and mashed them. I set them in the oven. They would hold for fifteen minutes.I ran ... walk...d briskly into the dining room and offered another glass of wine. I checked the plates and removed Dad's bread plate and salad plate with the large plate under it and Crystal's now-empty appetizer plate. Then I went back to the kitchen and started prepping the dinner plates. I wolfed down the remaining popover while I got everything ready. I. She was rather young and very pretty, so when she told me that she heard the music and just wanted to check it out I was rather relieved; I thought perhaps she was in some kind of trouble. I went around, through the office, and unlocked the front door. "Come on in," I invited, and she walked up the front steps and into the office. I guided her into the warehouse, where I began to ask her some basic questions regarding her circumstances. She told me she was hitch-hiking and the trucker offered. ‘Are you in some trouble? What do you need me for?’ As the words left my mouth, a very pretty girl came out of the bedroom. She was blonde, very curvy, and had a very sweet smile. She looked about my age, 23 or so. Marco stepped towards her and took her hand and led her towards me. ‘Christine, I would like you to meet Cherie.’ The girl stepped to me, put a hand on my shoulder and then kissed my cheek. It surprised me a little as I had never seen her before. I was thinking she was one of Marco’s. He had ended up on the Wall relatively recently, largely to escape the Faith Militant during the High Sparrow’s reign of holy terror.Still, he had taken to battle with shocking raw talent for a lifelong catamite ... No one questioned his manhood or courage anymore these days. His mettle had been tested, tried, and proven. Earic Flowers, despite his effeminate name and reputation, was very much a soldier and a man. The softer life of a trollop was almost forgotten with astonishing speed, so.