’ She looked at John. ‘You want to make sure the cows and calves are well fed.’ She pointed to the workers, ‘they will work better if they are...well fed themselves.’ John agreed. ‘Its time we rewarded them for their hard work and loyalty. Review their wages and write a meal a day into the agreement. Make training a part of the package. Remind them if they do not want to do the training that we plan to get bigger. When we do, they will have an opportunity to move into better jobs with better pay.. Maybe teenagers. But doctors? What does that mean? Want to get some drinks and finish up with some hot tongue action? Shit, I just read that back … I didn’t mean … I just meant kissing. For fuck’s sake, who blushes when they’re on their own? I can’t think about it now; I still need to write out what happened.~~~ I’m a cheap date. At 114 pounds, one beer is about as much as my system can handle, and ten minutes after I put it in, it wanted to come out the other end. Seems like the only time I. .." he began and then fell silent. He pondered the matter for some time and David watched in silence."You know," said Alex, "It may just be possible." He tapped his fingers on the arm of his chair, "I'll have to check what the actual operating instructions are for the ships but if it's as open as I think it is," he grinned, "then we may just be on to something."Lilian Alford chose that moment to enter the room with the drinks that had been ordered. Alex sat back in his seat and pursed his lips,. How strange! I didn't much like any of those names and would never havechosen them when writing a story. I could be called Fran, I thought, butit was far from what I had expected. The date of birth made me 22, nearly23. The address was a flat in a block I usually passed on my way to work.I looked out of the window and recognised other buildings nearby. Whatwas my work now? Was I single? There were two bunches of keys in thebag, one with a Volkswagen fob, must be flat and car, and the other.