”I glanced around, “Mona?”He laughed, “Three guards came in late and made the mistake of back talking.”I winched as Sam laughed. I gestured ...o Allen, “I would like her to work with Allen. Dagger, night stick and short sword.”Able nodded, “I’ll tell her.”I looked at a frowning Allen, “Mona was in my company. She will teach you to use the weapons I mentioned and I will teach you how to fight unarmed. Sam will teach you to read and write in the evenings.”He glanced at Sam and grinned, “they say. It got darker when Will replied"I don't know who you think you are, but we don't take kindly to folks talkin' down to us. Slavery is against the law, here. That bein' the case, there couldn't possibly be anything but free people in this settlement. All we're gonna give you is some good advice. If'n y'all want to walk away from this, start now. Things could get a mite unfriendly if'n you don't."The man practically went into apoplexy over that one."You have no idea who you're threatening! I am. He said he wasn’t trying to do that, he just needed to know how much longer I was going to be so he could start on his stuff. I told him that I should be done in about 10 minutes. At that he turned around and walked toward his office. I went back to work and finish what had to be done. Once I was finished I made sure all my stuff I needed to take with me was gathered up, then I walked to James’ office and told him that I was done, and that I was also leaving. He then asked me if I was alright.. ” I took a deep breath and walked across the parking lot and into the store.As I entered there was an elevated counter to my left, and a man was sitting there reading something. He looked up and nodded my way. “I’ve never been in one of these places before.” I said to the man. “Take a look around, and if you want to go back into the video booths, you have to buy some tokens to watch the videos” he said.I walked around the store, looking at various magazines, video tapes and sex toys. There were.