Carl noticed a cane hanging from a hook on each post, just in case an arriving guest wanted to add a mark or two of their own. Stretched between the w...ipping posts was a banner that read 'Master's Lifestyle Expo.'Page spoke into the microphone in the low tones that would not carry outside of the muzzle, "Slave, it is important that you remember to look around using your eyes and not turning your head. Keep you face towards Master Carl at all times. Do not talk unless absolutely. They talked softly as they ate, anxious to leave but not wanting to push the inevitable but to let their passion build slowly. When they had finished their meal, Julia paid and they walked back out to the parking lot. Leslie had tried to pay but Julia insisted allowing Leslie to pay the next time.They were supposed to go shopping but the anticipation building within them wouldn't let them wait. They stopped midway to their cars and looked at each other, each sensing that shopping wasn't what. Then Howard will be on the Board of Directors, and the lunacy will end.”“The rumor mill has the new director leaving if he loses this battle.”“So what are you doing about Cook County?”“I have to say ‘yes’ to them and then turn them down once the UofC position comes through. It’s not ideal, but I can’t risk not having a position. I turned down Loyola already because they wanted to know by the 15th.”That certainly wasn’t how I would have handled it. I would either have taken the position at. With the coffee came the band. Two young men and a girl started to set up the chairs and music and the girl set up the drum kit. The guys brought their guitars out of the cases and placed them in the stands by the front microphones. After plugging them into the house speakers a quick sound check made sure everything was working.Then with a crash of cymbals and drums they launched into their first instrumental. Playing with extreme skill they convinced their audience that they were in for a real.