...well....er....' She paused, composing herself. She had beenrather overtaken by events, and was rather unprepared for his request! 'Please come wit... me.' She turned and made for the stairs. At the top of the stairs, Bettina slipped into her room and quietlyclosed the door. Bettina heard the two adults come upstairs, and when her mother'sbedroom door closed, she crept out onto the landing and listened to whatwas going on. 'Let me help you with that....there.....and this.....no, no, let. Because you are intelligent and thoughtful and knowledgeable. Because you are clear. Because you are determined. Because you are attractive. Because I see in you, the force I am in awe of. Because I can kneel for you, and mean it. And feel proud to be there."She nods, smiles, and closes the note book.Suddenly, I'm aware of the cold on the terrace. She also shivers, pulls her coat round her. She gathers her notes and her papers and her pen, stands, takes off her glasses and pulls on her gloves.I. We’ve allowed the mundane authorities to come to the conclusion that it was a technical difficulty, even adjusted the logs and memories of a few to cover this,” he explained.“Any local ‘legends’ we ought to know about?” Thea asked.“Nothing particularly nasty,” Liang admitted. “Usual bunch of magical creatures, but no variant human genomes that we’re aware of, nor have the Seers ever indicated anything unusual happening in Guam. We don’t even have an office there. There’s a weird tale about a. She once again gave him a kiss on the cheek and then took his hand in hers and led him to the small counter complete with bar stool where she bade him have a seat."What will you have?" she asked indicating a number of bottles in the mini-bar."Make it a rum and coke," he answered and watched the swaying of her gown and the movement of her ass under it as she moved to the bar to fix his drink.She set a glass in front of him and one in front of her and then took a seat on the barstool next to him..