I never saw him." I'm sorry, Lady Puma."She lifted her chin. "I am Ruthani! We do not war on women and children! We do not betray each other!" Well, I...have sent a message about this to Manistewa. I would not want to be in Shuria's boots were those two to meet. You were friends and comrades; to me he was a trusted scout. To Manistewa, he was like a brother. His only complaint is that I didn't go to him with my suspicions." Do you trust me?" Puma asked.Tanda Havra shrugged. "To be honest, I trust. .. It’s okay with us. Very okay.” Em leaned forward and put a kiss on Nanette’s lips. There was only a moment’s hesitancy before Nanette met the kiss with her own enthusiasm.“We’ll see,” she said. “There’s just something. You know?”“Yeah. Don’t I know, though.”School rules get bent a little on Halloween. I missed it last year, but it seemed like half the students wore some kind of costume. The only thing we couldn’t do was wear a mask. Makeup, however, was taken to extremes. Desi and her mom. I was working the late shift when some guys came in, they were maybe in their 30’s and looked like businessmen, two black guys and one white guy. They were nice and before they left the white guy came to me and said in a whisper, “How old are you?” I told him I was 18 going on 19. “Hey you’re really pretty would you like to maybe dance at a bachelor party we’re having?” I was like, “what kind of dance do you mean?” and of course they meant a strip dance. I said NO but the guy just smiled and. Elizabeth groaned when shesaw I still had a T-shirt on underneath, but she went aheadanyway and took off her sweater. I said she should take offher blouse too, and she gave in and did it. She had on a plain white bra, nothing fancy, but I didn'tcare. This was the first time I'd gotten a really good look atthe breasts I'd had my hands on, and they looked as good as I'dthought. Not real big, but not too small either. They kind ofbulged out of the bra a little. It was my turn again, and I.