Ariel's pov"Shh, sweetheart, shh mommy here" I said as I calmed down my son, as I ran with him to the neighborhood bomb shelter, I knew it won't do mu...h to protect us from the nuclear devastation, but as a mother I had the responsibility to give my sons lass moments some semblance of hope, even if it's nothing but a lie. That was my plan until Ace Jensen yelled at us to stop, he was a man in his late sixties nothing more than meat and bones, his hair was deep crimson with a little gray there. We stole” Mercedes stammered as she struggled to understand her ordeal “We stole that... money fair and square”.“And I stole you fair and square” Peter quipped back. “While I sat in a truck eating chicken wings, you delivered me my own personal mountain of dirty money. It’s hard to spend I must admit, but valuable if you know the right people.” He loomed over Mercedes’ chained body with a seductive smile “At the same time, you two also delivered me something just as valuable to the right. I do hope that I haven't overlooked anything else of significance. But just in case I've sent Holly in to ask the women what they think they need. The short answer to that is that was if this trip will be more than a couple of weeks in length that I should see about extending power to one more pod so that they can have a school or daycare of some sort. They also suggested that I make sure that there are more sleep-trainers available as they would help impart any knowledge that I felt they. I pulled the key from my new purse and turned to give Miss Penny a huggoodbye. As I turned my skirt flared out just as a gust of wind came upand I had to quickly smooth my skirt down to hide my stocking tops,garter tabs and panty covered bottom form anyone who happened to belooking. It was a windy day in San Francisco and it wasn't the first timemy skirt had caught a breeze. I giggled at my predicament as I reachedout hug Miss Penny. Instead of returning my hug she plucked the keys frommy hand.