” It took much of his self-control but he remained calm.The Zarin said. “She must have bought him as a bargain of a slave trader. Dai reputation i... so overrated as it is.”I did not swim. I had taken the time to update the logbook, then I indulged myself in body care and did it the leisurely manual way instead of relying on the automated hygiene routines of the auto dresser. I practiced my slowly improving make up skills since most of the time it was done by the machine as well.Leaning back in a. So important to require ...a... a...aaarghhh!" Her exploding rage made speaking anything other than the 'a' vowel hard.She charged across the office, ending inches from June's face. "...a violation of a tradition of thousands of years?"The figure Katherine cut unnerved rational people; with wraparoundshades, cropped sable hair, formfitting black silk Versace pantsuit, andthe outline of a shoulder holster beneath her jacket. June seemedoblivious. "Not a violation per se," the bespectacled. “That divorce nearly killed him,” I said.She nodded and quietly murmured, “I know.” After a moment, she elaborated, “That was the man that James told you about. He did the same thing to him as he did to you.”She obviously had a deep empathy for the troubled people of the world, feeling their hurt and pain. I couldn’t envisage a long career for her, as a lawyer, with that sort of attitude.Finally, she got up and gave Mr. Blake a big hug and they left together.Anna looked really good in her. "Come on Edward I've got some beauty sleep to catch up on!" Edward's mother suddenly interrupted her son's obvious attraction for her Mistress's husband, the same attraction that she once had, for now she held no deep attractions for anyone, only an insatiable desire to sexually please any man or woman who required her to.Hastily Edward made his way to his room with the anticipation of opening his remaining presents exciting him further. Trudy kissed the last of her son goodnight as she left.