Shaking herself from the vortex of her thoughts, Denise returned her attention to the day’s schedule. Few people wanted to look at real estate durin... the morning hours on weekdays, so Denise used the time at her desk to return phone calls, schedule building inspections, challenge property tax assessments, and scour the newspapers online for For Sale By Owner ads. Her commissions didn’t suck, but they could be better. Denise longed to have the finesse other agents used to reel in the reluctant. "Then I will provide appropriate correction. I will not treat you with unnecessary cruelty," (I avoided the question of what might be necessary cruelty.) "and the extent to which your experiences are unpleasant will depend largely on your own ability to determine what is needed of you. Do you understand?"Nicola nodded but, to her credit, made no attempt to give voice to her assent.She made no noise either as I went to leave; an excellent response. As a reward I returned and removed her. "It seems we canlive the life. I'm personally looking forward to more nights like these. I only wish you could feel what I feel. It truly is incredible!" Ichuckled at that.Then the wheels began to turn.--------------3 weeks later, I brought Claire back to the lab. The licensing agreementsfor the chamber and software were still in the works, so she understood myneed to work while waiting. But I wasn't working on the existingqualities of the machine, those were taken care of.I was pushing. Hans war schon gespannt auf die Aufträge, die ihm Jochen geben würde. Jochen hatte angedeutet, daß er für jeden erfüllten Auftrag 100000 Euro erhalten würde plus Spesen von 25000 Euro pro Auftrag. Hans hatte sich schon darüber seine Gedanken gemacht. Seine Überlegungen wurden unterbrochen, als Jochens Sekretärin, eine attraktive Blondine mit riesigen Brüsten ihm mitteilte:„Der Chef kann sie jetzt empfangen.“Hans bemerkte, daß ihre Bluse und ihr Rock nicht gerade ordentlich saß und sie länger.