Does that mean I can count on you to go to the party?"I'd known Claire for years, and thought I knew her fairly well. There was something in her voice...that sounded desperate. Was there more at stake than she was admitting?"I'll check my calendar," I said, and heard a sigh of frustration.Over the next few days, Claire called often; wanting to know if I was going to be available to escort her friend to the party. I strung her along, learning more about her friend each time we talked. Phyllis was. Alice came in and put my plate down and then Fiona's before fetching her own, we ate breakfast naked and then she cleared the pots away and they both washed up. I remained at the table and as they came back in it I spoke. "Old whore bend before me and present your holes, spread your legs and hold your ankles," I told her."Yes mistress," she said and complied without question. I clicked my fingers and patted my knee for Alice to sit, she did and d****d her legs either side of my left leg like. ~o~ The sky had darkened and you could hear pops and hisses in the distance. Every once in a while a burst of color would sparkle up the sky. The fireworks were going unnoticed pretty much because the two of them were wrapped in each others arms on the blanket. When they got like this it was like nothing else mattered. Rick’s hands gently stroked her back as they laid on their sides facing one another. He brought his right hand between them and stuck his index finger inside the lacing at her. We needed to start interviewing the three major suspects we had identified. We started with Jacob Stein, the Alderman. Knowing his political position high in the hierarchy of the party, we decided on as gentle an approach as possible. I called his office and made an appointment for my partner and I to see him without getting specific, even thought the person on the other end of the phone was insistent. A personal matter I told her.I had conducted hundreds of such interviews but this one was.