Long inelegant earrings. Even her attire seemed out of date with abright lime-green, short sleeved spandex shirt, that strained againstperky, if small...breasts and a tight black micro skirt, that she wore overa pair of baggier jeans."You can't smoke in h-" John began in his baritone, before being cut offby a bubbly, "Mornin', hun!" from the woman. Her accent seemed to placeher dialect somewhere in the Midwest, but despite John's dealings withSophia he did not know enough about the US to be more. Soon the entire empire would want to try you out." I would die long before that. I want to chase women. I don't want them chasing me."This time I laughed and my jaw hurt. It took a while before I got control of myself and said, "I am sorry Lazeez. You got what you always wanted and found that it was too much for you." Lazeez looked so pitiful I almost laughed again.My own love affaires were not going so well. Patricia was acting funny but the fact was that I had to heal again. My own testicles. I reached for my taser to finally put an end to this, but he moved too quickly and tackled me to the ground. As he straddled my hips, he pinned my arms above my head with one hand and held me down by pushing down on my chest with his other hand. I struggled to break free from his hold, but he was too strong for me.He used the hand that was on my chest to pull down the bandana that covered my mouth. "My, my," he remarked with a smirk. "You look good enough to eat." He caressed my cheek and ran. Hehad spent all morning out at the job site and he now had more problemsto deal with than he thought he would have. Unfortunately, some ofthose problems had to be run through Ray... pretty much immediately. Whenhe entered the building, he headed straight for Ray's office.Ray had been having a lousy morning. It was his own fault really, hehad been kicking himself since yesterday when he had lost it at Mel'sapartment. What an idiot he had been. But he couldn't help it, seeingDerek there.