"Yes... and it will be good to meet the face of my Midwestern plaything!" he said.And so Sarah began making plans to meet her Master, the man who now ...ontrolled her every thought and soon may even control her body as well. She researched Los Angeles and made a list of the tourist destinations and activities she would most like to see and do. She knew that she only had two weeks and that he would probably want some time alone with her, but still she didn't want to go home without seeing some of. “Remember when you first met Livvie? I told you she was a professional?” Dad had half-nostalgic grin.“Yeah. of course. Have I ever apologized enough for that?” I shook my head in embarrassment. I hooked a finger for Bethany to come over.“She laughed about it, I swear she did, once we were alone. Professional, she was a branch manager for a credit union. Yet my boy hears that his dad brought home a professional woman and he jumps straight to prostitute.” He chuckled. “I never apologized for how. We can’t outdistance them, and they’ll figure out where we are and be back any minute.” “But, but,” the woman stuttered in confusion.“Can you ride a horse, Ma’am?”“Certainly I can,” she exploded in indignation.“Then we have a plan. The commander will have our hides if you don’t get to the fort safely. I and the escorts are going to ride out in that direction over there and let the Injuns see us. They’ll give us chase, and then we want you to ride off straight down in that direction over there.. She noticed that Claire and I had been holding hands. She leaned over Claire and spoke in a non-whisper saying, “Claire — time to get up. Annie said to wake the two of you and get you downstairs.”I said to Kalista, “We will be down in just a minute, OK, K?”Kalista crossed her arms and said, “Nope, Annie told me to not come back down ... without the both of you!”“OK, then ... you don’t have to be so loud, K, we’re both awake,” Claire said as she raised her head up off the pillow. I got up off.