She was filthy, including her bedraggled outfit, which put Rebecca in mind of animal skins. At 30 steps from the bottom, the little girl’s nerve fin...lly broke, and she fled for the trees. “Dammit,” Rebecca muttered. She didn’t call after the child.Once at platform-level, the escalator obediently stopped. Rebecca wondered if taking a step back would trigger the stairs into upward motion. Not wishing to find out, she picked up the bags and moved away, sitting down a safe 10’ distant. She hoped it. "A what?" You know, a rubber, a raincoat, birth control, a condom, right?"I nodded."Do you have one?'I shook my head and blinked at her."Then we better get one, maybe more than one."I nodded and when we got to the grocery store we went in, wandered around, found a rack of them, and she picked a three-pack that said ultra-thin and handed it to me. "Have you got some money?"I shook my head and she dug a five out of a pocket of her backpack.We went through the scanner and paid and left. She held. Lauren had never had any particular ambition for power or control in her life, but found the experience of making this frightening bear of a man tremble with just a touch to be intoxicating. She stroked his hair and hummed affectionately, the rest of the world lost to her. Apis' panting slowed to heaving, then to steady breaths, and within moments he was snoring.Lauren snapped back to reality at the sound of a choking sputter. She looked towards the showers and saw Chrys emerge, dressed in a. I worked trying to think of something else until lunch happenmy boss wanting to thank me i endup eating with him at the restaurant not that farhe got a txt and to my surprise he told me mike was near and wanted to sign the deal nowi hate and sat mostly in silence trying to avoid his eyes, something telling me it was my stranger friendmy stomach not hungry anymoreas they sign a contract who have me work at his officemy boss was so vivid so happy he never saw anything going onhe left after a call.