There was no doubt that dozens of people around City Hall were scurrying for cover, trying to protect their own asses now that the evidence against th... city manager was in the open.Velvet signed off and immediately threw her arms around Tony, kissing him on the lips."Great stuff, Velvet," he said after they'd finished the kiss. "And the story wasn't bad either."She laughed delightedly. This was the type of thing she had hoped to do all through college. To go out and land the big stories, to. Figures.’Only now did she realise that her legs were entangled in her dingy, sweat-soaked sheets. Muttering, she extricated herself from the mess and staggered towards the bathroom. As she passed the kitchen a shaft of sunlight penetrated the dirty windows and struck her squarely in the face, making her groan with pain when the harsh light grated on her eyes.She finished her business in the bathroom without throwing up, and on the way back to her bed she braved the kitchen to fill an empty soda. ’ ‘Say, for instance, that we play strip poker and Sharon loses. If she loses the next hand when she has no more clothes to lose, she will have to perform some personal service for the winner. If the winner was you or Ted, no problem. If the winner was me, also no problem, agreed?’ ‘Yes, I’m following you, go on.’ ‘Change the scene and suppose that you are the first one naked. Then you lose the next hand and you are to perform some personal service on the winner. Again, if the winner is me or. " Sam looked sympathetic, which was not the reaction that Leia had been expecting."But that's SCREWED up! You're sitting here and saying that people just fuck people over in your world. I don't think I want a part of that." Leia, I was speaking of the MC element being nothing new. That people fuck over others is old news wherever you go. The only thing that makes it different in MY world is it's a much better mind-fuck."Leia gaped, and then gave a startled laugh."You're almost eighteen and not.