It was unsubtle and blindingly obvious why.“They are going to fuck each other’s brains out,” Sunita announced, “I’m amazed they managed to l...st this long.”We all refreshed our glasses and reminisced on missing this kind of office scandal. Homeworking had led to all kinds of liaisons as the pressures of home working mounted. By all accounts, the IT department was kept very busy with staff pleading them to remove salacious conversations from the Teams account. Now that the conversations had. Her face was frozen in thatexpression for what seemed like minutes."Laura, Tom...ahhh...Tom, is that really you?" She slowly looked me overfrom head to foot as I opened the storm door to let her in."This is totally unbelievable. I expected to be greeted by a person wholooked like a man in a dress, not this enticing, attractive creature." I saw the UPS truck leave, did you answer the door?" Yup, I mean Yes," I tried to say in a softer voice. "And he didn't readme, I think." No, I'm certain he. Marci alone had the distinction of getting closer to Martin Leonidas without him sensing her than any other outside of Aricia. This skill he rapidly recognized and was now using. Marci traveled with Isabella and Dysea wherever they went, free to roam around at will and use her skills in however she deemed appropriate in order to gather intelligence and protect Dysea and Isabella. Though Isabella had protested at first, Martin had been adamant that Marci and the three males report only to him. We took the car this time.We were there early enough to get a seat out back on the deck overlooking the marsh. Inga got her first taste of the Southern delicacy known as grits. It had taken me years to develop a taste for them. The first few times that I tried them I thought that the box they came in had more flavor. Once you learn how to eat them though, they are really quite good if they are made right.We finished our breakfast and relaxed over a cup of coffee for a few minutes. I kept my eye.