Richard had retired relatively early that night. No guests for dinner for once, a relief, from the hectic dinner schedule his father kept. Sarah ente... his room, she cleared her throat nervously, ‘Begging your pardon Master Richard, Mr Russell asked me to come up.’ Tom Russell was a similar age to his lordship. He had been His Lordships right hand man, and confident for so long as Richard could remember. Tom had also been a very good friend to both Richard and Victoria. Many happy hours. " He shook his head and continued, "Actually, I lost on the deal. I guess we were trying to out-stiff each other. If I hadn't done it, she'd have worn them all day." As if I would have had any choice," Nicole laughed. "Needless to say, I didn't get a lot of teaching done that morning, the kids all thought it was a scream, and the story got all over town."Scooter shook her head. "So, you wore handcuffs what, three days straight?" A little more than that," Nicole smiled. "Wearing them was a pain. ?OK get up and start dancing?, as I danced in front of hershe sat barely paying attention smoking a cigarette.? ?Take off that conservative blouse that wouldnever do for a dancer?. I knew I had little choice so I complied. I removed myblouse and tried to dance sexy for her.??Pull your tits out of your bra?, she said.? I was about to object, but I looked at herand realized I had little option, if I wanted to see her. She continued to give me orders, telling me to shake them,jump up and down. “There’s a catch, though,” he warned. “It needs to be a woman who’s got everything I’m looking for, doesn’t it?”Kate nodded again, and felt suddenly nervous. What if he didn’t like her? What if she didn’t have what he was looking for? For a moment she wondered why she should care what he thought about her, but that thought seemed to melt away when she looked at his eyes again. The words ‘open-minded’ bounced around inside her head, looking for something to attach to.Maybe her concern was.