He chuckled, “Though, I’m curious who you were thinking about.”Determined not to prove him right about Evert I admitted, “Eos.”“She really...left a strong impression on you, didn’t she? You only met her that night, didn’t you?”“No, I met her once before that night and I’ve met her three times since then. She’s interesting.”"That I can agree with. I didn’t know.”“She asked me not to tell you.”“Of course she would. I won’t pry but it’s been weeks so it’s not a regular thing with you two I take. With a small smile, she remembered it was exactly the way Ginger had looked on the day they first met, wearing her shirt like a vest. Running her hands lightly over her breasts and belly she was now reasonably satisfied. Where just a few months ago there had been only softness and flab, now there were only hard muscles under satin-smooth golden skin.Her phone rang with its characteristic intercom ring. Picking it up she heard Judy's voice, pitched very low saying, "Kath, those two girls coming. I hated to leave the two men, Amos Harding and Jim Warner, who had been so nice and helpful to me, but, dammit, I'd had it! When pressed for my reason for leaving, I told them about the wind, and they had to agree that they sometimes felt the same way, so we parted as friends.I outfitted myself in pretty much the same way as I had for my trip from Kansas City: two horses and a pack mule. I now had a nice nest egg saved up from my two most recent jobs, so I was more concerned than normal about. Apprehensively, Ilona met them at the door wondering if something had gone wrong. Regardless of her son's disposition she rushed over to hug her friend."Barbala! You're here!" she cried."Thanks to Master Antal," Barbala sighed into Ilona's shoulder."Did everything go well, Master?" Ilona asked looking over at her son."Easy enough," Antal answered with an exasperated snort. "As you said the slavemaster was most anxious to be rid of these two. He didn't even pretend to drive a hard bargain. I.