” He hustled to the door, and left the girls standing in the middle of the suite’s living room.Margo broke into tears as the door clicked shut. Am...er gathered her in, a difficult maneuver since she was four inches shorter than Margo. “Baby,” she said, “what’s wrong? Tell me?”Margo sobbed, “I’m so screwed up. I’ve got issues – lots and lots of issues.”“Come sit with me. We’ll solve them all one at a time. What’s bothering you the most.”Margo sobbed, “ALL of them.” She let Amber pull her to one. ”“Are we certain it was Arlade?” Joric asked, his face creased in heavy thought.Vondi looked at her brother; he merely raised his eyebrows in question. “We’ve had Arlade under surveillance for some time. A revolving contingent of the Imperial Guard.”“Surveillance?” Joric gasped, his face turning between Radu and Vondi. “Why? And why wasn’t I notified?”“It started when he was training Audette,” Vondi explained. “At first, only during the training sessions but... “ Vondi paused, frowning. “I’ll. * * *Myrna bought a ticket and sat in the theater, but after the movie, she couldn't remember any of it. Her thoughts were back at the apartment, wondering what exactly her mother was doing with Mister Gantner and just what their history was.Opening the door the apartment, right away Myrna could see that Mister Gantner was gone. Gloria was sitting on the couch reading a book."How was the movie?" asked Gloria."It was okay...," Myrna answered. "Mister Gantner left already?" Yes, we. Sharon, on the other hand, was ecstatic.In a moment of passion she'd let slip that she loved him. He'd rebuffed her as she knew he would and then she had won him over. There was no trickery in her offer of subservience. He was way superior to her mentally, intellectually, class-wise and financially. She had no designs on his money or his social status. All she wanted primarily was to fulfil Rachel's directive and she reckoned, despite her earlier doubts, she was doing just that.That she had.