.. and I’m sure he cost you a pretty penny.” “Well, these foreign boys do not come cheaply ... even for mediocre ones, the novelty fact...r inflates the market price significantly. But I fully intend to get my money’s worth,” Mistress chuckled. “One of the senior vice presidents in my division at work bought one of the first P.O.W.s to come on the market in this region, you know, one of those who agreed to accept matriarchy more than a year before the war ended. And she had such a. Blanchard.”She frowned and was quiet for a moment, “I’m sorry, Steve. It’s just how I’m used to thinking.”“I know,” I nodded. “And honestly, I think you need to change that way of thinking.”She gave a wan smile, “Yes. Alan’s not here to do everything for me, is he?”“No,” I said gently, “he’s not.”Kara put her arm around her mom, “We can do this together, Mom.”Teary-eyed, Mrs. Blanchard said, “You were always a free spirit, sweetie. I wasn’t. It’s so difficult.”I wondered about that. In fact, I. Forever.“Did you hear me?” Jennifer’s voice brought me back to life. “Your mind seems… elsewhere.”I gave my head a shake. “Uh, sorry. Nerves. Could you repeat that?”Jennifer stared at me for a few seconds and finally cleared her throat. “Is something going on, Rachel?” she asked me.“No, nothing,” I lied. Of course something was wrong, I could feel a heat growing between my legs, burning brighter by the second, to the extent where I wasn’t going to be able to stand for much longer. “Just. "See, my bestie, Red, has a new lipstick. It works on everybody now! Even the super-hunks and gals with Krypton allergies. And 'cause we're besties she gave me a whole load to try."Harley Quinn puckered her lips and Dinah saw how they glistened with a perfect scarlet sheen. Harley's voice dropped a little, making an aside for effect."But Red has plans of her own so she asked me to make a distraction. 'Harl', she said," and her voice back to full volume, Harley's impersonation of Poison Ivy's.