She leaned back in her chair and considered her options. Finally, with a look of resignation, she said, “Tell me how you plan to make this happen?�...“Well,” Schuler began as he rubbed his hands together, “First of all, I suggest we make the issue de facto by moving Eric and Anton to Andrea’s house ASAP, say, at the end of classes today. Then we give the new arrangement some time, maybe a month to grow roots and get established. By that time I think we’ll have a pretty good sense of how well it’s. ” Helen looked down at Marco’s feet. “You’d have to ask him the policy on piss-covered loafers; but that’s for after. Who’d you sell the ammo to, Marco? Let’s go ahead and skip the part where you say ‘I dunno, some guy!’ like I’ll accept that and go straight to Mander roughing you up a bit for giving me that shit.”Mander took his cue, hoisted Marco off the hood of the car, and body-slammed him into the wall before slamming him into Questioning Position on his knees, pressing the side of Marco’s. ‘It’s a good thing that you’re so well behaved, or I’d have to put you on a leash!’ Suddenly, I remembered the thick silver chain that my boss had given me after our first night together, and an image flashed across my mind’s eye of Aubrey parading me round the office, the chain connected to a long length of black leather. I’d met a few people at fetish parties who engaged in ‘pet play’ activities, but it had never really appealed to me. However, I loved hearing Aubrey compare me to a puppy –. " Bill Evans said by way of introduction. "Cef, this is Mrs. Nolan."After that brief introduction I found myself being escorted to my office. It felt like I was being escorted; Mrs. Nolan moved through the halls like an implacable force of nature and I drafted along in her wake.The research department was on the third floor, sharing the space with the paper's archives, which made sense. Back issues would be one of the researcher's most important resources. The research section didn't look too.