Thin strips of ruffle decorated the neckline and the edges of the super-short sleeves. Her long black hair was bound at the back of her neck with a wh...te band and then dropped in long ropy curls down her back. A pair of open-toed shoes with a medium-sized heel completed today's outfit. She was much more sensibly dressed for today's heat than most of the business people scattered around the cafe – including me.Her arms were bare from the shoulders down, apart from the delicate watch around her. You all know I have been on my own for a long time, too long, and tonight with the blessing of my daughter I have asked Praew to become my wife, and she has graciously accepted.” There was a loud cheer from everyone around the table and Praew was beaming. I glanced at Areeya and there were tears in her eyes as she smiled at her father and I knew she was thinking of her mother. I caught her eye and she nodded. “Thank you my friends. There is something else as well. I have decided to step back. .. He is right here beside me and appears fine ... Nope ... I can’t find a single injury on him. He says he helped bandage his guardian when he was shot and dragged the mans’ body somewhere safe after he died, but there seems to be no physical damage to Ross ... You’ll know more when we get him somewhere safe and a doctor gets a chance to examine him.”The judge handed me the phone. “Hello...”“Ross, this is Doctor Halberstadt. The FBI is flying you to a military base where we will have a. His business, as distributor of clothing and accessories, brought him a pool of young women whom he confessed he fed upon. Both secretaries and sales people tended to be women in his business if they weren't gay men. They tended to be pretty shallow though, or limited in their intelligence, so focused on the outer layers I suppose and not what happens within. But Maria proved to be different."First off, she hadn't been hired as a fashionista, but as a business intern. And not as commander and.