"Turning around, he was astounded to be confronted by his wife, standing there in a black raincoat. "Surprised to see me?" She asked."Very. I had thou...ht you were chained to that horrible place. Seeing you here like this, I don't know what to say." Phil replied."How about just saying you love me?" She asked."I do. I just don't know what to do about this." Phil said, with his voice shaking. "I don't know how I can be with you condemned like this." I'm not dead yet, Phil." Kim said, with tears. It's usually only a three year term, and you'll need Senate approval, but I'm sure you can," I told her."Oh, I know I can do the Ambassador part, I just don't know if I can wait!" Liz said."Wait?" I asked."To get you alone!" Liz said teasing me.Only, I could tell she was serious.Julie came in and said, "Are you all through in here? 'Cause the first annual Seven Oak's Fashion Show is ready to begin!"We all followed Julie to the Great Hall.Because of the way the home was designed, with the front. "You can get an idea of where we're heading by keeping track of the high voltage transmission lines," I said, mentoring my protege wife. "We're interested in the ends of the big ones. This little stuff on the side of the road is distribution." What voltage?" she asked."That's around thirteen or fourteen thousand volts. See the insulator? One bell. Eight thousand volts to ground." We passed under the curving droop of a transmission line. "This one's more like it. Those long strings of insulators. "Look at me." I said.She looked up at me, shaking her head slightly to get her hair out of her eyes. I hadn't noticed before how pretty she actually was. Baby had made her remove all of the studs and other crap from her piercings and helped her with her makeup. Her green eyes were her best feature."Are you ready to cooperate now?" I asked. "Yes, Master." She said, her tongue popping out and licking her bottom lip. It was a completely unintentional, nervous action on her part, but still.