“Your skills at ropework are impressive, but as you said yourself last night, you aren’t yet an expert,” says Monique. “I would like you to re...eive some training from someone skilled in Shibari. The person I have in mind is a member of La Chatte Heureuse who is expected to arrive here next Thursday for a stay of a few weeks. If you agree, then La Chatte Heureuse will cover the cost of her services.”“Yes, okay,” I reply, not having anything to lose by accepting. “What do you have in mind once. So, you still have time to join us. LadyLove! I’m so glad you’re here. I was afraid you wouldn’t make it. I’ll be muting the tip chime during the performance, but you’ll still be able to see messages and talk on the chat board while Dolly gets posed. I’ll try to respond quietly to messages while they work. Pony-up if you want to stay with us. I have to go get our Dolly model for Sketch, the artist.”With that, Zen stepped into the next room to get Susan.“What?” we heard Susan exclaim. “You. Classes and training cut into most of the time I had with Andrea. Her parents would not allow friends over on school nights. She went to a Catholic high school while I attended the large public one. So, we only got together on Fridays and Saturdays and only then when I didn't go to an away meet. Their momma decreed that Sunday was for church and family only.Most evenings I continued working with Julia. But, in a twist life often throws us, she also became my teacher in English. That first. " We'll see about that. Set me up a meeting with the Prime Minister, or whatever his title is, immediately after I present my credentials to the head man."'Oh my God, she hasn't been briefed properly, ' he thought.Indeed she had not been briefed at all, as someone had told the State Department that she was the country's leading expert on Kobekistan, omitting the fact that it was the dialect she knew so well, not the country. Her interest had been purely philological and she had hardly thought.