"Hi, Mr. Hardesty," Cindy chirped."Hey, Jim. Push a door." He and I pushed the doors open on the hangar, revealing the other woman in my life."Well, I...ll be damned," he said. "She looks nice, Dan!"I laughed. "Cindy? Or the plane."Jim chuckled. "Both. But Cindy's not forty. You spent some bucks keepin' this old girl in THIS shape." I spent a dime or two. Engine's been overhauled to new. And the prop. And I gave a mechanic a blank check on the airframe. She's not show quality, but she sure is. ”As I said this I looked over at Vedic, who was listening in to the conversation intently, looking for confirmation of my assumption from him.“Some do,” Vedic declared loudly, “and some speak their own tongue. It sounds much like ours in many ways, but then sometimes it doesn’t. I speak a few words of their tongue. It helps in making a trade.“Then I’ll definitely be taking Gabby with me,” I pointed out, “and of course I’ll be taking Vedic. The Horse People know him. That should at least garner. I wondered if she had felt the addictive qualities of the fire and had gotten more into it than me and now she needed a fix.Winston looked at her dismissively making no move to make me let Andi go seeming not to care."Whether she was playing or not is beside the point. She threatened my friends and Kitty and Clare have experience more than enough bullying and pain from members of this gang!" I said angrily."We wouldn't harm them," Winston started I could tell he felt uncomfortable with that. This is no soft option, and those who find they can't stick it will have the option to switch courses for up to six weeks."She let this sink in. Several students seemed a little nervous: perhaps aware that they had been indulging too much in drinks and drugs and, worst of all, food to see out the course. However, Khadija was accustomed to a relatively high drop out rate. Only those students of the highest calibre would be able to pass."For our first lesson, we will begin with vaginal.