“Is this about my wife?” father blurted out.“No,” the emperor responded.“Although,” Domitia Longina interrupted, “we have noticed that s...e has yet to make the required sacrifice, and Lucius’ birthday is in a month.”“I assure you that she will make the sacrifice...”“Actually,” Lucius/Dacianus cut him off, “I summoned you here to discuss your daughter. As I recall Severina has just reached marriageable age.” He gave me a look that suggested he wanted me to speak.“I have, Caesar.”“You may call me. It sent an alarm to me. Istarted following up and found a web cam shot of you bound to the bedyou were in. I also discovered a lot about what kind of business Torquereally did," Lisa replied."But how did you find me?" Jeri asked."A combination really. You're kimmunicator has a built in GPS trackingcircuit so that gave me a start. The web cam gave me a business name.City tax records provided a location to search. Torque's surveillancecameras, and x-ray and thermal imaging with a parabolic mike. ”“Educate me, huh?” she asks, her mind going straight to the gutter.“Whatever education you lack, yes,” he says.Tabitha can feel a blush spreading all over her while his eyes run up and down, taking all of her in, and from the look on his face appreciating it. “And what after I have kids with you,” she says, though she doesn’t know why she does. “And when I get all fat, will you still love me then?”“Of course I will,” he answers. As he says this, his free hand cups her breast, gently squeezing. * * * * I watched the new group come in and made a few personal mental notesabout what I noticed. While most, if not all of them were nervous, and obviously frightened bythe sudden change in their status and events on Earth, some had quitesimply taken charge and were doing their best to keep the others calm andin a reasonable semblance of order. "Watch that one," I quietly told Al as we looked the new group over andpointed out a petite, very pretty Asian girl -- probably Japanese, but.