The meal was superb and once everyone was finished the table was cleared and everyone moved to the more comfortable seating in the great room, there w...re several soft chairs, lots of floor pillows, a couple of large couches and plenty of hookas and drinks for everyone.The old man move to the center of the room with his stool and sat. Mia brought a pitcher and his cup and knelt by his side.Lord Kronk smiled and said “very good Mia ensure our storyteller does not thirst”The old man took his cup. Despite the reliance on atheatrical look, this would actually be an impersonation of a realwoman. He would have to convince the inspector that he was genuine. Itdidn't have to be totally life-like, just close enough to be convincing.Perhaps he could flirt a little? With a man? Jason shuddered at thethought, and turned his mind back to the task in hand.He had decided to shave his legs, since he knew he would have to wear adress and hose (torch singers never wore trousers - not glamorousenough). She wanted to scream and pull out her hair. "Listen to me, Ethan, dammit," she snarled in his face. "You are in way too much trouble right now as it is. You can't go after him. They'll throw your ass in jail if you try anything right now. Don't you know how bad that will look? You'll look guilty as hell."He stared up at her, seeing the worry and the weariness on her face. It broke apart his fury like a sledge hammer, seeing her look so incredibly tired. He sighed, feeling his own exhaustion. "Keep it together, lady. You're tough; you have to be to be a prosecutor. I want to keep you both safe. I'll be wanting the same permission from him. Any objections if I go through your drawers?" She grinned.Now it was my turn to goggle and Lisa elbowed me. My mouth snapped shut. "Sure, if Lisa has no objection to you being in her drawers, why should I?" I didn't realize quite how that sounded until the elbow returned twice as hard. A look confirmed Lisa was blushing furiously."Ted!" Lisa.