"Now, you must don this shirt, m'lady. 'Tis nearly clean. Take off your gown, it will be but a poor fit on me, but t'will serve. The mat'loes'll not b... too fussed about our gowns once they get us below. Please, lady. You must hurry!"Mary-Ann already had the shirt off. Her fat breasts were startlingly white in the fading daylight. Catherine wanted to turn her eyes away. Her fingers fumbled at the neck of her blue silk gown. It was salt-stained and wringing wet all round the hem and it clung. The restaurant was not large, but elegant and its patrons the wealthy sophisticates of the French capital. As Mioki was finishing her chocolate souffle, two well dressed men she had never seen before, approached the booth."Ah, gentlemen," smiled Darius, "Mioki I want you to meet Franz and Raphael. Gentlemen, Mioki."She smiled, but the two seemed to ignore her."Is the amount satisfactory?" asked the taller of the two."Yes, quite. Are you ready for delivery?"They both nodded."Very well," said. I paid him extra to keep them and not give them anymore drugs. Next was a trip back through the city. I had walked through a large market place after leaving the ship and headed there. The merchant I wanted was easy to find, I could see the array of stones from criskin and leviathans and knew he would not pay top dollar for more.I pulled out the two Siren stones and set them on the counter. The merchant tried to act like they were something he saw everyday but I knew better. I shook my head and. Lizzy moved out and got married and had k**s and all that as did I. But we would still get together ever once in a while. The years went by. Dad died and then several years later mom died. Lizzy and I met at the house. We had to clean it up and get on the market. We worked for days. One night we were sitting in the living room talking about the past and drinking. "You know the first time I walked in on you and you were stroking your meat. Before that I would watch you and get myself off." Lizzy.