Dont worry. I will be just fine. he said smiling. We chatted about his home until Peter came through the door. They smiled broadly and hugged, clearl... very happy to see each other. I quickly learned from the conversation that he was staying for two weeks, but would only be staying with Peter a few nights. They also enjoyed a good laugh about how David and I met. At that point I cleared the table and made my way to the bedroom to dress properly. When I came out they were each enjoying a beer. However, although the police were brutal, Primrose explained, making sure that Tiger Lilly wasn't within earshot, they were remarkably inefficient at actually doing anything other than intimidate people. As an investigative police agency, they were absolutely hopeless. They had had no impact at all on the smuggling of hard drugs and guns that happened around the country's border. And they had had no capacity to deal with the many deserters that kept away from the towns and villages. The. The wait had been nerve-wracking for her, too. "We've been worried." That was a nice touch, Max thought. She was really doing very well."The train got held up, Sis. We tried to call you, but all the trunks to this burg were busy." The "we" brought Max up smartly, and he saw a startled look on Julie's face."Are you with someone, dear?" Yeah. Connie's here."Julie looked at Max and shook her head, signifying that she didn't know what was going on any more than he did. "Connie?" she asked."Connie. ‘MMMM….Oh Annie…you are going to make such a good pet…’ I stopped and looked at him sharply. ‘Excuse me? Pet? What the hell are you talking about?’ He snapped back to attention and looked embarrassed. ‘Shit. You weren’t supposed to know yet. Damn it!’ I struggled to sit up. ‘What wasn’t I supposed to know?’ Images of a old, fat, lecherous Lord Hillenbroke began to run through my mind. Oh my god, I’d been suckered into a white slavery ring. ‘If I tell you, you can’t let on. Promise me. He’ll.