" He defended. "You know she works where I do and her nickname is "pincushion. I think every man in the place has had a bit. But to answer your questi...n, she's not my type. If I had a type, it would probably be someone like you." It was not a question!" I retorted. "Just an observation and concern for your wife and two k**s."We arrived back at the apartment about 10:30pm. After mixing us an after dinner drink, it would be our fifth I think, we sat on the couch talking."So how are you doing?". Pulling me up, he turned me towards the arena, and pointed to a beautiful slender girl standing on a spotlighted pedestal. Men and women were raising signs with numbers identifying who was bidding on the girl. To my amazement, bidding went to $2,500 and the auctioneer declared, "SOLD" to number 23.The girl was ushered down and toward the man with number 23, as the next girl was highlighted on the pedestal, and the auctioneer began his chanting again. I looked back to the man with bewilderment. Sparky planned to leave Ide in charge. Ide was the elected Mayor of her village, and Sparky knew she could trust her to keep things running smoothly. Not that they had many problems. Hers was a very peaceful little village. She would miss her lovely home. Like Lee, she didn’t know why she had to go, but something inside her kept insisting that she did.An interesting development occurred when Ivan and Iran said they wanted to come. Then their girlfriends, Wendy and Sasha and Sasha’s Brother Bray. "I promise."There was a rap on the door and Tai LIn appeared. The two women stared daggers through each other."Ready?" asked the beautiful black/asian."Ready. Let's go," he said and the two disappeared into the front hall and out the door.With a slight smile on her face, Samantha watched the car pull out of the garage and drive off."Let's go over it just one more time, Mr. Masters," said the police lieutenant."But I've already been through it twice with those other officers," pleaded Alex.They.