It’s not QUITE as bad for Tasha as it is for Sasha, but that doesn’t make Tasha happy. It turns out the only reason she’s allowed to go out with...me is because Vladyka ARKADY interceded. He was in the room when I called you, and then when I called Tasha, and sensed something was amiss. I didn’t say anything about it, other than it was a private matter between the Antonovs. He took it upon himself to speak to Deacon Vasily.”“Vladyka knows about you and Tasha?”“He said it wasn’t his place to tell. They could tell by looking at his readouts that he hadreached "the point." He was no longer thinking for himself on aconscious level. The subliminal conditioning was beginning to sink itshooks into him."I think this is a record. It usually takes at least another hour formost to get to this point on their first time," Eva stated, leaning onLyn's shoulder. "I wonder if it's because of the new software or becausehe really likes it..."Like it or not, Grant was giving the program all that he could. As he groused and grumbled about women fucking up the family business, I came around his desk and knelt in front of him. I suppose he must have been accustomed to a certain amount of grovelling from his other employees, because he didn't act as if he thought that was strange... at least not until I reached up and started unzipping his fly."What the hell are you doing now, Sarah?" he roared."The girls in the office have told me that there's only one way to get a promotion in this firm," I said.. .The words faded as the cameraman zoomed the shot out, showing everyone standing upon the steps of City Hall, and not just the detective. He saw her in an instant, her dark hair gleaming in the sun, picking out dark gold highlights to tease him. "Kaylee?" he breathed, his fingers slipping off of Michelle's nipple, his hands grabbing the back of her chair and holding on tight.She was beautiful, even more so than he remembered or that showed in any of the pictures he had of her. He could only see.