He had a decent job working for a cable company, a girlfriend, and a spare room which he offered to let me use. I figured why not? I’d always wanted...to visit California. Even Penny said the time apart would do us good. With the package from my company, I could take a vacation at my own pace, the whole summer and more. And who didn’t want to surf off the California coast? I flew out and spent the first few days settling in. Manny knew a guy who knew a guy and got me a good deal on a used car so. "My horses, my responsibility," he said and led Puma and the cowpony to the corral."Mother, I guess our boy has grown into a real cowboy," Daniel said with pride.Red smiled at Jacob as he passed and said, "You'll do boy. Good job."The three cowboys went to the creek for a bath. After supper everyone had to hear about the trip to Cripple Creek; they talked until nearly 10 PM. Josh finally stood and said, "Maybe Jacob there isn't tired," he pointed to the boy asleep in a chair, "but I sure am.. Understand, Mistress," came the defeated reply as the woman, once her mother, quietly left.How could something so beautiful as the Mistress/slave relationship Yuki and I shared with her only weeks ago, turn so ugly, so devastating, so hopeless? wondered Laurel as she drove out of the parking garage."Now, as for you Cindy," said Vickie, "you will be servicing a very special business client tonight. His tastes in women and sex are unusual, but with your experience I am sure..." But, Mistress, I. She showed Betty her sister’s will. Betty read it and saw that Marge had willed her share of the house to Kathleen. She had left half of her savings to Kathleen and the other half was to go to Mandy. She left all of the rest of her “worldly belongings” to Mandy.“I have come to collect Kathleen,” Mandy said.“What do you mean?” asked Betty.“I get all of her worldly belongings. Kathleen is one of them.” Mandy produced another document. It was the slave contract that Kathleen had signed a year.