"The bathtub in the upstairs bathroom leaks. From the looks of it, it's been going on for years. It's rotted out the two-by-fours in the wall under it... If you filled that tub up and got into it you could end up in your dining room." Oh wonderful. Remind me to have guests over for that." She shook her head and gave a tired chuckle. "It has to be replaced, right?" Yes. The wall torn out, the floor around the tub replaced and that leak has to be stopped." I tapped the pad with the end of my pen.. " Let him do what?" Tanya asked, almost laughing.Vanessa let loose with a long, slow sigh; "For that? Just about anything, I think. It would depend..." On whether or not it was Frank, I bet," Holly kidded."Go on with your story," Sheryye interjected, not willing to hear any more bickering between the airhead twins and Beautiful Vanessa."Not much to say, really," Tanya concluded. "He whipped me, he shredded my insides, he fucked me, he stabbed me, I died. The end." With a lot of very vocal. The rest were mere sell swords. They offered their blades like a whore offered her body ... if the price was right. They were all of them sinners.I looked up from my beads. Father Fredrick the legion's priest sat before me.I hadn't heard him approach."My child," he said. "Are you aware that before dawn that we march into battle." His voice was soft and wise, like a Father's should be."Yes Father," I said. "I am not afraid." If I die, then I would go to Eternal Happiness, Pope Urban the Second. Or perhaps she did but did not want to admit it. Sirinna meant very much to her, more to her than what shambles of a life she had left on Earth.Roquan now realized Amanda was not just intelligent, she was clever as well. Beautiful, intelligent, passionate, clever, willful, and headstrong. It was a combination for either a most vivacious and highly sensual slave, or a disaster of disobedience and bad discipline. He actually regretted never finding out which."There is but one option for any.