She looks like a slut injust her corset, stockings and heels. I will teach her to keepmodest in the house."With that she helped me back into the cloth...s and took specialcare in closing the hobble skirt so once again I was reduced totake mincing steps.With my head hung I followed my wife as best as I could to ourbedroom, but was it still ours? Would I ever be sleeping thereagain after what had occurred during the evening? Andrea sat onthe bed and told me to close the door."Come here and kneel in. "She's Hugh's pick-up. But we'll let you all know tomorrow. Tonight's the night for us and tomorrow it'll be on for one and all."Tiger was staring blearily at the clock. "Hey Sludgie," he mumbled. "Time we left. It's eleven o'clock."Jim pulled him up close by his shirt. "Don't call me that, you hear?" he growled softly. None of the others noticed as they continued talking loudly of surf, sun and beer. If there was no chance of an orgy immediately they quickly lost interest although none of them. “You can’t leave. We have an arrangement.”Syg’s face hardened. “Our ‘arrangement’ was that I would serve in the Wardens for ten Short Summers. It has been twenty. I am a free woman.”“Syggy, what about your son? You said he would take your place, when he was old enough.” Tygus said, while Ranveng nodded.“My son,” Sygraid sighed, “will make his own decisions, when he comes of age.”“Maybe we’ll pay him a visit then.” One of the seated youths snarked. “Let him get a taste of the ‘good life’.”John. As his only child she was now now a Countess, which pleased her a lot, and very rich, which pleased her even more.She had been incredibly busy for the first few months, moving into her parent's apartments and out of her own small but beloved flat in the upper floors. Her mother had gone to live in France with a sister. There had been some very hard financial decisions to take and negotiations with the Estate Duty Office. It was not until February that she had got things on to an even.