I asked what’s up. Shauna came over to me and planted a very passionate open mouthed kiss on my lips. When she finished her kiss and our lips parted...Kim said she did a good job leaving lipstick on my lips. She said that was just the opener. She took her lipstick out of her purse that was sitting on Kim’s dresser. She then told me I would look real cute with her wet creamy lipstick on my lips. Well who’s going to complain to a hot little number like Shauna. She went ahead and did it. Kim said. In all of the confusion, no-one notices. This bus will not be with the others that arrive at the jail. It excites the 10 Masters on the bus that the 20 hand cuffed girls trembling on the bus don’t even notice. They are far too frightened. Everyone knows in The New Republic that possession of narcotics means an automatic death sentence. Each of these girls, while they don’t know very much, know they are condemned.As I and the other Masters walk down the aisle of the bus, we stop at the girls we. Vondi looked at her brother; he merely raised his eyebrows in question. “We’ve had Arlade under surveillance for some time. A revolving contingent of the Imperial Guard.”“Surveillance?” Joric gasped, his face turning between Radu and Vondi. “Why? And why wasn’t I notified?”“It started when he was training Audette,” Vondi explained. “At first, only during the training sessions but... “ Vondi paused, frowning. “I’ll be honest. For some reason, I’ve never liked him. He just seemed – slippery.. …….Then, one sad day near the end of that summer, Alice keeled over and died.Almost everyone in the village attended the funeral, commiserating Tom on his heartbreaking loss.“Seventy two,” Tom bemoaned to Frank at the wake. “I thought she’d outlast us all.”……….The next day, with Frank at work, Vera decided she’d better pop next door and check on old Tom. It would probably be the first day he’s been on his own for years, she surmised. She didn’t want him to do anything stupid. “I’m gonna miss.