’ ‘Yes, yes… I remember now, you must be Mrs. Timont, and good morning to you too,’ said Aida returning the greetings warmly. Yesterday had be...n such a harried day for her that everything seems a blur. ‘Oh, by the way you can call me Aida,’ she said. ‘Oh! I couldn’t possibly do that. Mr. Jefferson would not be happy and you are the mistress of the house…’ explained Mrs. Timont. Aida realized that it would be pointless to explain anything to the servants, they were just like her, an employee,. Remember, if I don’t get a memorable experience from this, I will see that you are all three punished.”Shit! She had us right where she wanted us, and we could do nothing about it. I fetched Martha and Mary from the kitchen, and we all went into the bedroom. When we arrived there, Mistress Ella ordered the other two women to strip, which they did by pulling their dresses off. In the hot weather, that was all that was required.Likewise, Mistress Ella kicked off her shoes and pulled her dress. The boys decided that I would get a midnight kiss when it was midnight in each of their hometowns - which made Jhon happy about being from the Philippines. It made me happy about getting a lot of kisses.Until it was local time midnight. None of my boys were born in Eastern Standard time."John!" Gloria handed me a glass of champagne. "No pretty boy gracing those charming lips?" I get an hour off." I laughed."Not the whole hour." Ivan teased. "And only his lips."The countdown started and we all. On one hand he was to be humiliated and cuckolded by a man he had never met. And on the other, his reputation would be torn to shreds by a very public scandal.He poured himself another coffee and stared out of the window at the bare, brittle branches of the trees creaking in the bitter winter wind. He had frustratingly reached exactly the same decision point he had arrived at a dozen times before. He looked at his watch and unfortunately time, as well as options, were running out. His phone.