She's a glass-is-half-full kind of girl."Harriet laughed. "Yes, she is. How have the two of you been getting along?" Stupid question, she thought. Her...son and daughter obviously adored each other. Maybe a little too much. No, she told herself. Don't go there. Give them the benefit of the doubt. They've always been close. Darrin doted on her when he lived at home, took better care of her than I did. Now she's taking better care of him than I did when he lived at home."Fine. When I offered to. “We love it,” Tracy and Eric said in unison. Then they laughed and the landlord smiled. “Good, good,” he said nodding. “Let me show you the bathroom. Everything has been updated. New tankless water heater in every apartment now. It’s very economical.” “Sounds perfect,” Tracy said following the older man. “And the second bedroom? Which way does it face?” The landlord stopped and turned back to them, looking perplexed. “I’m sorry. There is no second bedroom.” Tracy looked at the nice man,. . my body, mind and soul... inflicted by my captors. By the viciously cruel Princess Alexena who was their leader.From the very beginning, despite my previous high status, I had been treated like an ordinary citicen of Cipri. That is to say, more like an a****l than a human being. Stripped... kept naked... chained... herded... men with women. The only difference was I had not yet felt one of the whips which were wielded with such casual cruelty by the brutes who guarded us. Lyria, my closest. Mom was so turned on by her soon to be sixteen year old son until the very thought of waiting for one whole week nearly drove her crazy. She wanted him. To be close to him and to feel him inside her again is all she wanted that day. She removed herself from the tub and grabbed a towel to dry herself off. She wrapped the towel around her and then she sat at the Victorian dressing table that my dad had brought her. Mom needed to calm down and gather her thoughts. She needed to control things, to.