I don't know where she is and I don't want the temptation of knowing. I am afraid that I would try to see her. Sarah has drilled into me that from thi... point on I can't have any contact with Leanne except through lawyers and the courts."She assured me that she would call Sarah before the day was done. On that sad note, we concluded our visit. The vacancy in my heart was still there and I was sure that it would take a long, long time to heal if ever.For the next few days, I went to work and then. Girly.Our waitress nodded vaguely, kept glancing at Battle. Well, fuck her.A tipsy businessman stumbled away from the bar, spotted Battle and staggered to attention, giving him a sloppy salute. “Ship ahoy, Captain Crunch.”Battle reacted with a hard, curious dignity. Suddenly quiet, suddenly still, his mouth thin-lipped shut. He sat, rigid posture, two inches from the back of the chair. Both feet planted firmly on the floor, palms flat against his thighs.A middle-aged woman, embarrassed, took. ”Nahla nodded and said, “Yes, Master.” She went to her desk and wrote everything down and returned and asked, “Officer, do you have a name or do I call you Mrs. Officer?”The officer laughed, “I’m sorry, my name is Hallie and it is Ms, not Mrs.”Nahla smiled, “I’m sorry, I noticed your ring and assumed you were married.”Smiling at Nahla, Hallie replied, “I am, but we are in the middle of a no contest divorce and asking of nothing from the other. There are no children, so it will be like we were. It was one of the few sectors in the Kingdom's economy where job opportunities were continuing to grow, but the job opportunities were all cloistered well away from what Iris viewed as the ordinary world. And that was the world where she believed she belonged. This other world where most domestic servants in London worked was secluded behind the electric fences and high gates of the affluent private estates. The relatively prosperous wanted to maintain a good distance away from the ungrateful.