Really, you are such a shameless little tramp!" I can't help it," Danni responded with a wink. "I was made that way!" Yeah, Baby," I shot back. "And d...n't you ever forget it. It only gets better from here..."I winked at my companion as we walked through the door of the salon."... or worse."Alexis Jordan had been my stylist, friend, and confidant since I had earned my realtor's license and 'moved uptown'. We shared the same head for business and the same tastes in men and sex. Lexi had invested. Mingled but not touching, much like their life had become. ‘I’m leaving you…….’ Stepping over his cold dead body lying on the floor, the red river of life that had drained out of him onto the clean and pristine cream carpet, she walked over to the open doors and reached in to straighten the half removed suit back onto its hanger. Smoothing her hand, the one without the familiar gold band, the one with the specks of blood upon it, she felt the soft smooth fabric, the dark blue mohair so supple. She was eight, they were arguing again or her mother was. Her mother's shrill voice, haranguing her father and his quiet responses. Her father, a gentle, kind soul who made the misfortune of marrying a woman like her mother. A bitter, hateful woman who used her tongue as a weapon. Her favorite sport was tearing her husband to shreds, belittling people was second nature to her.Now she ran in the room and climbed in her father's lap, her small arms around his neck. "Oh yes, run to your father.". "Suggestions?" I requested. We still had room for any freight looted fromthe freighter. All they had were point defense armament."Wait here until the are too close to use their PD, then send in the dronesto lock them in place," suggested Bambi. "Dizzy still has control of thetractor beams on the asteroid."What about the crew?" Give them minimal fuel in a unarmed shuttle," suggested Grace. "Then we towtheir ship to Low Sierra Nine and sell it and the.