I nodded.“Come on”, I said. “It’s almost ready.” I checked the temperature and asked Amanda to check herself. I wanted it as hot as she coul... bear it, which wasn’t quite as hot as I could.I let her go in first and she wince at the hot water on her skin. She groaned a bit, but she settled down at the bottom after a while. I went in myself, and lay by her in the opposite direction. I loved bathing, especially in a bath large enough I could fully stretch, though I was usually too busy for it.. She seems so resilient, so strong." Christine, was there no one else living in the house with you and your father?" No, it was just the two of us. We could not afford servants. Those last months, we could barely afford the rent, food or medicine, much less the expense of servants. We needed very little and taking care of Papa helped me forget just how dire our situation truly was. Once Papa realized he was dying, he sent a letter to Madame Giry asking her to come as quickly as possible. She. I knew the suit would have to be custom made because of my height, but I also knew that it would look way good on my lanky frame. I also picked out a fancy white shirt and black silk tie to polish off the ensemble. The tailor said he’d have it for me Wednesday morning without fail.As part of my deal with Agent Gordon, I attempted to pay the tailor’s deposit with one of the counterfeit ten dollar bills. The tailor gave it the fish eye and said he only took gold or silver coins. I pressed him on. Stretch and I shut down and got out of the hut to where Lani was waiting for us."The LT gave out a general call to shut down operations, Sarge. There is nothing else we can do. We are to return to the collection point we used the other night. The HQ area is relocating now and when they get back up we can join them." Did anyone else run into trouble?" Apparently one of the Trailblazer squads was wiped out by an MRL (Multiple Rocket Launcher) hit. Ann said that there were a bunch of refugees at.