.. but..." Now you can't take them off.. I know, isn't it delicious?" She gigglesagain, "But at least you're not in ballet boots.. now, there's a comp...teron the desk, it will only allow you onto the company intranet. It willbring up a list of classes for you..." She giggles. "Oh and remember,boys don't make passes at girls who miss classes!"And with a giggle she's gone, wiggling down the corridor, heelsclattering along... hmm, they love wood and tiled floors around here. A..and I know why.. When not actively working on some emergency or other, they also performed quality assurance checks on the facilities that CCD had built and managed in the area.The meeting with the Anson exec progressed much like Helios had hoped. He made much of new technology that had to be installed to meet stricter environmental guidelines and he held out for an unreasonable renewal fee. When Barsa balked, Helios said he was sorry, but he insisted on speaking to Barsa's superior. After several fruitless. About three days after that she did something that really had me puzzled — again! She went to the cupboard where the ladies hung their things. It was just near where I worked and I saw here reach into the cupboard take something from the pocket of her coat and hide it in hand before going out to the ladies lavatory. I’d seen her do it before a number of times and couldn’t work out what it was all about. I just knew it was something to do with women, and lavatories! The funny thing was she never. From the start I sensed something strange about the ring. The metal still gleamed silver whereas all the other silver jewellery in the box was tarnished to blackness but at first I just put that down to it having been inside the little box. The band was about 6 mm wide and inscribed with writing that I thought was possibly Persian but which was unintelligible to me. Affixed to the band was a square block only about 8 mm on each side in the centre of which sat a small, slightly iridescent,.