“Got held up, man. There’s a sale going on in the Bree Market for exotic potions and the crowd is huge. I had to come through the longer path. Whe...e’s Scarlet Emperor? Is he late too?”I had to struggle to keep a grin off my face as I replied, “ I don’t know myself, man. Haven’t heard from him since yesterday. I was hoping he had contacted you or you knew something.”He just shook his head, saying, “Nah. I also haven’t been in contact with him for a while. Reckon he’s sick or something?”I. I handed over the purse, put my hands on the hood of the car and spread my legs. I could feel my skirt ride up as I did this and knew my panties are exposed. It didn't take long before he found the joint."Well, well. Look what we have here. I thought you said you didn't have anything. Now I've caught you with d**gs and you've lied to an officer. Your day just got a lot worse. Looks like I'll have to search you." Oh shit," I thought. It just occurred to me he was going to find out the truth. Several neighborhood women hold me to a regular schedule. Monday afternoons I see the widow Gladys. Gladys won't tell her age, so I had to guess. I figure about sixty, give or take a few years more or less. She's one of those women who seem to get prettier as they age, and I could tell she was a hottie in her youth. She still has a good figure, too. She hits the gym at the senior center twice a week. I cut her grass in the summer and shovel her walk and driveway in the winter. I don't charge. She and Jacob, her own lifemate, had had their single biggest quarrel ever over that very point.“If I was him,” Jacob told her, “and it was you trapped and powerless on a dead world, I’d move heaven and hell to get you back. He’s behaving much more civilized that I would. So don’t complain to me that he ‘bothers’ you. It’s your conscience that bothers you, so take it to the justices and see if you can make amends to him!”That was the only time they’d ever discussed it. After that, Jacob was his.