I opened my mouth until Master looked at me. I shut it, quickly. “Go wake Ceres and finish making lunch, Liya,” Master said. Bowing slightly I...obeyed, only to see her not only up but sitting at the head of the stairs. How much of this had she witnessed? I gave her a look which meant ‘Not now: later’. Thankfully, she got it. We would have time for ourselves during our afternoon walks. We did this everyday, giving our Master time to be alone with Mistress. Returning to the kitchen to. ”The two women dressed and got themselves respectable. After a hug, they walked out and right into Mick.“Hi! That was quick.”“It did not take long to finish our business. What did your dirty little mind think that we were doing?”“Baking cookies! I love cookies.”They all laughed. Sondra went behind the counter and took our order to the register. She punched in several details and hit enter. A piece of paper came out of the printer under the counter; she pulled it out and handed it to Keri.“This. ”Thankfully, she just smiled and got him some java in an old cup that had seen better days.I figured that I would keep Raymond busy with collecting details on the stiff down in the morgue and I sent him to the courthouse to put together a file on Mister Donnie Anderson with tons of background information that might prove useful as we tracked down the leads in the case.It was easy to see from the frown on his face that he was unhappy with his assignment but I knew he would do the job with the. .."Ummm. Hi. Mom." Jen squeaked out awkwardly, a touch of panic clear in her wide blue eyes. Bruising momentarily forgotten, she gave an odd little sideways wave of her hand and said. "I need to change, I'll be right back." In the harsh light of the kitchen and living room, the reason was abundantly clear – the outfit his girlfriend wore could only leave anything to the imagination in a shadowy room. All of her goods were on display."Please do," the silver-haired woman said frostily as her.