"Will you pray with me then?"I was somewhat taken aback by this. I had never known Anne to be religious and I wasn't really that pious myself."If that...s what you want Anne, sure." Thank you, I don't know how I will repay you." She motioned me down to my knees and we knelt together beside her bed."Please repeat everything I say Nick." She bowed her head and started praying. "Oh lord we ask your mercy."She looked back at me. I stuttered, "Oh lord we ask your mercy." "We come before you as soul. He had certainly gamed the possibility that he would be in the right place at the right time and had considered what he would need to think about in the way of personality traits for his as yet unselected concubines, but actually taking the steps necessary to build a relationship had been beyond him."I don't want to be a tattle tale and maybe you'll need to paddle me for it but, I think that you're going to need to paddle Zenobia because she gets away with so much because she is still ever so. It will keep falling on my hand. Why don’t you lay down on the sofa and raise your T-shirt?”“Sounds good,” she said. Sarika then laid flat on her stomach and lifted her T-shirt. Raj poured some oil on her back and again began to massage her bareback. This time, even slowly. He started from the center of the back and slowly started moving outwards.He reached her waist and gently grabbed it. This led to a soft moan from Sarika. She was enjoying it even more. Also, for Raj, his penis was getting. So the net result is that things happen and money gets spent without too many eyes querying the desirability or justification for the expenditure.Another factor comes into play: the blame game. If a budget gets overspent, particularly in a construction job, no-one wants to believe they mucked up their plans, be it architects, managers, accountants, building firms, or even politicians who ordered the job. The tendency is to put it all down to ‘unexpected factors’, and authorise more spending to.