"She wasn't aware that we weren't discussing the same topic. She might have realized that with one more question, but instead she glanced at the clock... "Time to check the horses."Hell of a time for her to turn responsible. "Okay. I'll wait for you to change." The guys have gone home, haven't they? I'll just wear this. I'm sure Buena Vista and Blaze won't be embarrassed to see my boobs. They're girls."I exercised a bit of wise caution and said nothing about what else they could see.My. I'll ask her after dinner. Thanks."They ate dinner making small talk, then tragedy struck when his Mom brought up the subject of landscaping and lawn care. "Have you noticed how well every one maintains their homes here? I was thinking that we should make every attempt to keep up our home, and by the end of summer start making some changes in the front yard with the landscaping. You know, plant some bushes and flowers and such." I was thinking the same thing. Well, about keeping the place. — The Sheik and the Governess granted Zack leave to enter the Palace Harem grounds where he would conduct his next interview. It was scheduled for the bathing pool, an indoor Turkish bath where the young concubines communally soaked and relaxed in the warm waters. Zack, wrapped in a waist towel, walked to the marble basin’s edge and surveyed, literally, his ‘pool’ of available candidates. The girls wore the customary thin cotton slips. In or out of the water, the translucent cloth did nothing. That had to be it! He's married! But I couldn't shake the feeling that he was eyeing me up all night.We hit a few bars, danced and got drunk, the herd started to thin around midnight, mostly the couples breaking off to head home, Natalie wanted to leave but I could see Steve telling her he wanted to stay.I had been avoiding Steve all night, this was too close to home and I wasn't willing to risk it just in case he could see through me.I headed to the toilet in the straight bar we were at, out.