" She turned to Ruth. "Run along now." She whisked her hand at him several times. "Go gawk at video games or something. We'll come find you when we're...finished.It was the better part of an hour before they did, in fact, come to find him. The things they had selected were already bagged up, with the plastic handles of the sacks tied in a knot, and the receipt stapled to one of them."You owe me thirteen bucks," said Maria. "She went over her allowance." Oh," said Ruth. "Okay." He pulled out his. She didn’t learn anything new, but the women were still talking excitedly about me when we got to her room.Izem was in town purchasing things to take back to sell. I asked him how to go about buying slaves as I hoped to take back a large number. I explained that they would become indentured servants for eight years and would then be free. They would also be free to marry, anytime, if they wanted. Izem’s eyes just kept widening. I planned to have one man and one woman riding each camel on the. He can already feel the temptation rising up. "Daddy! If you leave I'll just keep it up. This is the only way to make me stop!" He sighed. He turned. "Okay." He went over to the bed, laid down on his back next to his nude daughter, and stared up at the ceiling. He grinned despite himself as he said "I'm just going to think about work. That'll turn me right off." But as he began going through accounting spreadsheets in his head, he felt movement next to him. His daughter,. “I think,” she said, “all that sleep recharged my batteries.”His voice suddenly husky, Jason said, “At this rate, you’ll be ready for the full ‘Jason Thomas experience’ pretty soon.”“Oh,” Stephanie blinked, “What do you call last night?”He grinned. “A light warmup. You’re still in training, padawan.”An extra warm fingertip prodded his chest. “I think you’re full of it.”“I think you’re the one who’s gonna be full of it.”Stephanie’s green eyes darkened; he and she were teetering on the edge of a.