The thought gives me a bitchy little kick. I confess that this rather appealing scenario did cross my mind when I suggested that we go out together th...s evening. Thing is, I could have gone out on my own and had fun, sure I could, but that can appear kinda slutty. Much better to have Petra tagging along as my unappealing little stooge. That’s why I put all the effort earlier into persuading her. I fix her with a penetrating smirky grin. Petra tries returning it but it’s forced. She’s seen the. Many of Earth's elites thought that the Sa'arm invasion was a good thing. Too damned many damned humans—if the Sa'arm could cull Earth's surplus humans, all the better. Yeah—the elite didn't have a clue.Working in the Baboon Laboratory aboard the station has warped my perspective. The alpha baboon, TJ, occupied the upper branches of the largest tree. We humans tend to do the same. My target was resident of a penthouse suite. He had the entire floor to himself, plus an enclosed rooftop swimming. Gary then confides to me that he and his wife are going through a divorce and that she was moving out of the house. I said it sounds like a bummer, he said no not really we haven't had sex in a long time and he was ready to become single again. It was a little awkward for me at that point and wasn't sure what to say. Then Gary spoke and asked - so you dating anyone ? I said well kinda - I took out one of the press girls a couple times. He asked if I got lucky with her yet. I said not yet, He. .. you know, but seeing that poor girl being whipped, and all those ... whatevers, no. I couldn't stay, not even if you married me properly before the Pope in Rome." Well take this, as a souvenir of your visit to my home," he said, pinning a brooch on her coat, "and you'll need these papers to go with it." I don't want anything," she said, trying to hand it back."It's a present from me. Keep it, sell it, throw it in Dublin Bay if you want. It's yours," said the Emir."Goodbye, David. I'm sorry.