He had prepared himself, open necked shirt and chinos, like her he didn’t wear any underwear today. He wanted the house to be ready for their meetin... so he turned the lights off; all that remained was the soft glow from a very small light in the corner of the bedroom. He slipped the handcuffs and blindfold into the bedside cabinet and went into the kitchen. He had been given one of these novelty chocolate fountains, and it stood in the kitchen with the molten chocolate cascading over. He. As many of the men and women who served the Goddess werequite wealthy (through ethical means, and using their wealth to do goodonly) she decided that a degree in business would serve her best in thestruggle. With her enhanced intelligence and other powers, she couldeasily take several courses at a time and probably test out of many ofthe basic ones. She planned on finishing an MBA in as short a time aspossible, while continuing to work at Hollister and also (especially!)continue the struggle. "Mademoiselle de Villefort, my daughter-in-law," said Madame de Villefort to Monte Cristo, leaning back on her sofa and motioning towards Valentine with her hand. "And M. de Monte Cristo, King of China, Emperor of Cochin-China," said the young imp, looking slyly towards his sister.Madame de Villefort at this really did turn pale, and was very nearly angry with this household plague, who answered to the name of Edward; but the count, on the contrary, smiled, and appeared to look at the boy. Grabbing my robe I headed out to the pump house.Joshua was already inside looking for the problem. As I opened the door he turned and looked at me. He smiled. I smiled back.“Seems a wire is disconnected from the pump relay. I wonder how that could have happened?”He looked at me with a questioning glance. I know he knew I had disconnected the wire. I couldn’t think of any other way to get him back out here without raising suspicions.I smiled sheepishly at him.“Oooops.”We both laughed.“I suppose.