"Now, my dear, there are pressing matters I have to attend to and there is nothing more I can tell you about your artifact." Varna stood and followed ...im to the door. He put his hand on the door catch then hesitated and turned towards her. "Are you certain you do not want to sell it to me, I can pay a great deal of money for it?"She frowned for a moment - it did take up space in the hold and while most of her crew accepted her eccentric attachment to it Sisanna would occasionally bring the. "Aaliyah, sit up and talk to me." That usually worked on Leah but not today. She pulled the covers over her head. "Damn it Jay! I said leave me alone!" She said in a bratty tone. The older woman sat there a moment thinking then shook her head. She didn't like having to use force, but sometimes it was needed in order to get through to her girlfriend. She yanked the blanket off of Leah and pulled her over her lap. Leah gasped and looked back at Jade as she did that. She saw the look. There are other code words for varying degrees of interaction, the two I mentioned were the extremes, one for no real interaction, the other for sexual interaction. Some of the middle ground ones have me acting as a hostess for visitors or sometimes even a servant. I even have the cutest little French Maid outfit, complete with ruffled panties. Now that I think about it, if you had told me four years ago I would find such an outfit sexy as hell, I would have laughed at you. Now when my Mistress. There was still no reply half an hour later after he had sat on an unyielding plastic bench in the station, watching commuting passengers go in and out, watching and seeing nothing. Thoughts refused to marshal themselves in his whirling brain.He set off up the hill again. She wouldn't be there. His car would be inaccessible, useless and empty. And somewhere, Sally - wonderful, infuriating girl - was wandering around with a business card in her hand, trying to get back to where she belonged. Who.