, I'm ready again." Good. Go back to the same pose. You look lovely there."She was, it seemed, the consummate professional. If ever I could imagine be...ng a model for a professional artist, in a professional setting, she was doing it. Then she went back to the canvas, now painting over the sketchwork she had done earlier. She worked intently for at least another hour, casually bouncing one leg off the other. I began to notice that there was a lot of leg under that smock. And thigh. Maybe it was. We network. We have a lot in common. "But maybe I can make it real simple for you, Gabe. When I ask myself whether I would want this organization to exist for the sake of my children, the answer comes up yes. And by being a part of it, I do my part to make it exist and to make it be, in some small sense, what I want it to be. I believe that even if there was some corrupting influence tainting the big picture, that would be beyond my ability to control. But I have enough control to help me to. The wake had been last night and he and the team had gone out and gotten drunk. Even Jen had been there and Jethro had tipped his bottle of beer at her. Even now, she sat there at the gravesite in the second row, behind the team, her eyes red rimmed, her lip trembling.The priest was saying something profound, but he was beyond listening, didn't really care. It had all blurred together anyway, the speeches, the remembrances from the people who had barely known the dead guy. The ones from the. I am going to let this slut off this time as I have not told you the proper manner of address. You will always address me as Master. When thanking me, as you will often, you will always identify what you are thanking me for. Is that understood?”There were murmourings around the room. I suppose that is to be expected since all the girls except the blond were still wearing ball gags. I decided to let it slide…I am too kind sometimes.The one clear voice was from the blond in front of me. She.