"Then why won't you give it to me?" Because you're not a child, Robbie. As I told you before: if youreally want this, you have to ask for it. By name.... She startedrearranging the cards once more, laying them out in a rough semi-circle. "There's an old saying, no doubt you've heard it: Money can'tbuy happiness. It's true. Money can buy anything except happiness." Thecards now formed a tight, gold-rimmed crescent moon, the horns pointingin Robbie's direction. "But that doesn't mean happiness. ?I guess your wondering what all these bits of leather are for dear, huh? Well, don’t worry your pretty little head. We need to get you dressed first, and then things should become clearer. Now, if you behave and don’t struggle, then this won’t take long and you’ll get to live what you were dreaming of only a short time ago.? Jill then turned to her basket, and picked up a corset looking item, and placed it around Beth’s waist. Beth was pleased to see it had at least a half cup to. As shereclined in her office chair, Ms. Walker had Billy describe theactivities of the prior evening. As she laughingly asked Billyquestions about the experience, Billy tearfully recounted the evening'sevents. After receiving a warning that he should continue to wear thepanties the rest of the week "or else," he was allowed to curtsey andleave. As Billy made his way out the office door, he met Cindy, whowas apparently coming for an appointment with Ms. Walker."Well, if it isn't loverboy. I. A week later, the government TV stations had a bulletin about a food riot by some terrorists. Marines had been called in, and all of the rioting terrorists had been killed. Now I was really mad, but I didn't know what I could do. Then it occurred to me that I might accomplish something if I could destroy ONI headquarters, since they had to be the ones who had called in the Marines—nobody else had the authority locally to do that. On top of everything else, I could accomplish a lot of good if I.