At 10:40, Ally saw an e-mail arrive with a red flag. That meant it was urgent. She opened it. "VP requests your presence at 10:50." That's odd," Ally ...aid."Veep wants to see me in 10 minutes," Lauren said."You too?" Wonder what's up. And Mel hasn't been back."Ten minutes later they were in the VP's office, seated across from him. Mel wasn't there. "Ally. Lauren," he began, "I'll just cut to the chase. We're cutting Mel's division. It wasn't an easy decision. Both of you have done well here and. But Ken does. He runs the main garage in Nairobi so it would be worth your while to see if he’ll go with you.”“I thought Ken’s folks were farmers,” Shaun replied.“They are, but Ken’s wife’s family ran a small garage in town which they let Ken run for them. He expanded their operations, gaining dealerships with Ford, Dodge, and Chrysler to name just a few.”Shaun nodded, “He was the procurement officer of O patrol in the desert, so it makes sense.”Ken was sitting in his office reading a brochure. ” I stopped the car just inside the track. I put on my best serious voice.“Whether we go down this track is your decision. I can’t advise you because I know nothing about the organisers of these auditions, if that is what they are. You are the ones taking the risk. What do you want to do?”They whispered to each other. Sandy was unenthusiastic. The other two were not keen but intrigued. Eventually they agreed.“We’ll go on,” Deb announced. “We’ll be cautious and keep our options open. We trust. Now no longer comforted by his sympathetic smile, she clung in vain to her strength as it slowly slipped away, her resistance broken, her pride violated by his knowing grin."You speak of your husband's punishment. What of yours?" Mine? Mine is seeing the pain in his eyes when I return to him. Mine is knowing what he thinks of me, and knowing no matter how I try to prove my love for him, that he questions it when I take him inside me, even as I whisper his name over and over when I cum. As.