?Yeah, Uncle Genesis, the manager is a bitch. You’ll get used to her, or pee in her soup.?There was muffled laughter. Libby wanted to turn around, b...t kept her face pressed in the corner. What the hell was going on? Didn’t Pepper remember that Libby was going to be naked??Yeah, well, it’s a good thing you helped me out—hey, they’s a bitch in the corner, wit’ no clothes on!? came a rough African-American male voice. Libby sobbed silently.Now Pepper’s voice. ?Yeah, that’s the pig I live with.. “Are you okay honey? I didn’t tease you too much did I?”There was genuine love and concern in her face. She’d enjoyed playing her little game, and she’d judged that I’d like it too. But we were new at this and so she needed to check. I loved her for that, her concern and love soothing away some of the feelings that her game had caused.“I’m fine, baby. Come on, let’s sleep. It’s late and we’ve both got to be up early.”As we drifted off to sleep, I was pretty sure that Sue was thinking of. He looked at Storm and then at my clothes. His eyes returned to my face, and his turned red. He dropped to a knee and bowed his head. ‘Forgive me, your Highness, I unknowingly misspoke.’ His contrition was more than I could bear. I stood up. ‘Balen, stand up,’ I said, and he did, ‘your honesty was refreshing. Do not spoil it now.’ He smiled when he realized I was not offended. ‘Have your cousin watch your kingdom tomorrow,’ I said as I retrieved Storm. ‘Sire?’ Balen queried. ‘I am sending a. Suddenly I remembered about the kids, I excused my self, went to the living room. I switched on the TV. Surfed to the channels, those days there weren’t many channels. I settled on a Cartoon Show on Doordarshan, those usually lasted an hour, half of which was already over, but the kids like always, were attracted magnetically to the TV. They sat glued to the TV. I went inside the kitchen. I found that she had regained some control and had tidied her hair. I just stood next to her and took her.